How do i delete var/log files in Ubuntu 16.04

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I want to delete var/log files due to low disk space but cannot find how.



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  • If you rm the log files, you may temporarily solve your low disk space issue, but you do realize the log files will be re-created & return... If you have a condition causing these to grow too large, you should be treating the cause, and not its effect (esp. in this way).
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  • If you rm the log files, you may temporarily solve your low disk space issue, but you do realize the log files will be re-created & return... If you have a condition causing these to grow too large, you should be treating the cause, and not its effect (esp. in this way).
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  • If you rm the log files, you may temporarily solve your low disk space issue, but you do realize the log files will be re-created & return... If you have a condition causing these to grow too large, you should be treating the cause, and not its effect (esp. in this way).
    – guiverc
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  • If you rm the log files, you may temporarily solve your low disk space issue, but you do realize the log files will be re-created & return... If you have a condition causing these to grow too large, you should be treating the cause, and not its effect (esp. in this way).
    – guiverc
    2 hours ago















If you rm the log files, you may temporarily solve your low disk space issue, but you do realize the log files will be re-created & return... If you have a condition causing these to grow too large, you should be treating the cause, and not its effect (esp. in this way).
– guiverc
2 hours ago




If you rm the log files, you may temporarily solve your low disk space issue, but you do realize the log files will be re-created & return... If you have a condition causing these to grow too large, you should be treating the cause, and not its effect (esp. in this way).
– guiverc
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As mentioned, you can delete a specific log file with sudo rm /var/log/<FILENAME> or all of them with sudo rm /var/log/*.



I also found this:
du -h /var/log/ 2>/dev/null > ~/fileinfo to list the size and path of every log file. To view the result you can use cat ~/fileinfo






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  • No need in this case to use sudo..
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  • thanks @doug changing answer to reflect this
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1. Open up the terminal



2a. If you are not sure that you want to delete all of the files you can do it one by one



sudo rm /var/log/logfile.log


2b. or all of them at once



sudo rm /var/log/*





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    I would also try to see which file is the biggest and look at the log to see what warning or error is filling up the log and then try to correct it.
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As mentioned, you can delete a specific log file with sudo rm /var/log/<FILENAME> or all of them with sudo rm /var/log/*.



I also found this:
du -h /var/log/ 2>/dev/null > ~/fileinfo to list the size and path of every log file. To view the result you can use cat ~/fileinfo






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  • No need in this case to use sudo..
    – doug
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  • thanks @doug changing answer to reflect this
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    3 hours ago














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As mentioned, you can delete a specific log file with sudo rm /var/log/<FILENAME> or all of them with sudo rm /var/log/*.



I also found this:
du -h /var/log/ 2>/dev/null > ~/fileinfo to list the size and path of every log file. To view the result you can use cat ~/fileinfo






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  • No need in this case to use sudo..
    – doug
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  • thanks @doug changing answer to reflect this
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    3 hours ago












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As mentioned, you can delete a specific log file with sudo rm /var/log/<FILENAME> or all of them with sudo rm /var/log/*.



I also found this:
du -h /var/log/ 2>/dev/null > ~/fileinfo to list the size and path of every log file. To view the result you can use cat ~/fileinfo






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As mentioned, you can delete a specific log file with sudo rm /var/log/<FILENAME> or all of them with sudo rm /var/log/*.



I also found this:
du -h /var/log/ 2>/dev/null > ~/fileinfo to list the size and path of every log file. To view the result you can use cat ~/fileinfo







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  • No need in this case to use sudo..
    – doug
    3 hours ago










  • thanks @doug changing answer to reflect this
    – Mon Vrai Nom
    3 hours ago
















  • No need in this case to use sudo..
    – doug
    3 hours ago










  • thanks @doug changing answer to reflect this
    – Mon Vrai Nom
    3 hours ago















No need in this case to use sudo..
– doug
3 hours ago




No need in this case to use sudo..
– doug
3 hours ago












thanks @doug changing answer to reflect this
– Mon Vrai Nom
3 hours ago




thanks @doug changing answer to reflect this
– Mon Vrai Nom
3 hours ago












up vote
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1. Open up the terminal



2a. If you are not sure that you want to delete all of the files you can do it one by one



sudo rm /var/log/logfile.log


2b. or all of them at once



sudo rm /var/log/*





share|improve this answer


















  • 1




    I would also try to see which file is the biggest and look at the log to see what warning or error is filling up the log and then try to correct it.
    – chili555
    4 hours ago














up vote
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down vote













1. Open up the terminal



2a. If you are not sure that you want to delete all of the files you can do it one by one



sudo rm /var/log/logfile.log


2b. or all of them at once



sudo rm /var/log/*





share|improve this answer


















  • 1




    I would also try to see which file is the biggest and look at the log to see what warning or error is filling up the log and then try to correct it.
    – chili555
    4 hours ago












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up vote
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1. Open up the terminal



2a. If you are not sure that you want to delete all of the files you can do it one by one



sudo rm /var/log/logfile.log


2b. or all of them at once



sudo rm /var/log/*





share|improve this answer














1. Open up the terminal



2a. If you are not sure that you want to delete all of the files you can do it one by one



sudo rm /var/log/logfile.log


2b. or all of them at once



sudo rm /var/log/*






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    I would also try to see which file is the biggest and look at the log to see what warning or error is filling up the log and then try to correct it.
    – chili555
    4 hours ago












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    I would also try to see which file is the biggest and look at the log to see what warning or error is filling up the log and then try to correct it.
    – chili555
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I would also try to see which file is the biggest and look at the log to see what warning or error is filling up the log and then try to correct it.
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I would also try to see which file is the biggest and look at the log to see what warning or error is filling up the log and then try to correct it.
– chili555
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