Question

Droplet's free disk space decreasing day by day

Posted on August 30, 2024
DigitalOcean Droplets Droplets
Asked by Azeem Cv

Hi,

I have a Centos 9 stream droplet. I use a 10gb space droplet. I see that the free space on this disk is deceasing day by day without any significant activity. I see around, 10mb of disk space is getting decreased per day.

What would be the cause? How can I stop this?

Thank you for your answers.

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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• August 30, 2024

Hi there,

A quick fix would be to upgrade your Droplet and add some more disk space.

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/resize

Alternatively, you can follow the steps from the answer here on how to find the folder that is using most of the disk space and possibly clear some files that are not needed:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/28-no-space-left-on-device-error

Let me know how it goes!

- Bobby