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Compact disk space used by WSL2
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wsl-cleanup.ps1
# https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4699
wsl.exe --shutdown
# Compact wsl2 vhd to save space
# You may need change the path to fit your actual WSL folder name
cd $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\
optimize-vhd -Path .\ext4.vhdx -Mode full
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