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Ubuntu cleanup. Remove All Unused Linux Kernel Headers, Images and Modules
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Remove All Unused Linux Kernel Headers, Images and Modules

list all installed kernels

dpkg --list | grep linux-image

clean up

dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

if you’ve upgraded your system, or had an update with a new kernel, please reboot your machine before running above the command

update grub

sudo update-grub2

All done.

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