Question
Container Registry not empty after I deleted all images and tags and ran garbage collection
- Posted on April 14, 2025
- DigitalOcean Container Registry (DOCR)
Asked by Matthew Huang
I have deleted everything in the container registry and ran garbage collection but it still says my space is 82% full. Is this normal or a bug? Now I can’t push anything to the container registry
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Hey Matthew! 👋
Even if you’ve deleted all tags and images, DOCR storage might still show usage because untagged manifests can hang around until garbage collection is fully completed and storage recalculates. It can also take a bit of time to reflect changes.
To get the information about the currently-running garbage collection, run the following command:
Then to view a registry’s previous garbage collections, run the following command:
- Bobby