Ubuntu says no disk space in home directory but there is space

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Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space is remaining whereas Disk usage analyser tells me I have 22GB worth of space available.

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 790M 2.1M 788M 1% /run
/dev/sda6 46G 25G 19G 57% /
tmpfs 3.9G 4.2M 3.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/50
/dev/loop0 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop2 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/124
/dev/loop3 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5662
/dev/loop4 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/40
/dev/loop5 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/54
/dev/loop8 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop14 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5548
/dev/loop6 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/238
/dev/loop16 43M 43M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/701
/dev/loop10 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/42
/dev/loop21 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop19 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop11 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/117
/dev/loop12 4.8M 4.8M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/49
/dev/loop13 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5742
/dev/loop15 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/222
/dev/loop7 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop17 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop9 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop18 35M 35M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop20 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/43
/dev/sda8 50G 48G 0 100% /home
tmpfs 790M 16K 790M 1% /run/user/122
tmpfs 790M 12K 790M 1% /run/user/1000

What's wrong?

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Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space How does it tells you?
â€“Â Debian_yadav
2 hours ago

4

You /home is filled no magic about it! You have multiple partitions as seen from the out above.
â€“Â George Udosen
1 hour ago

@Debian_yadav, it gives me a popup.
â€“Â Shihab Khan
35 mins ago

@GeorgeUdosen, I saw it. Forgive me but I'm very new to Ubuntu. Does the /computer and /home directory take separate partitions? Should I increase resize the /home partition?
â€“Â Shihab Khan
30 mins ago

Absolutely. You must resize your /home partition or clean it up.
â€“Â Tung Tran
16 mins ago

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Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space is remaining whereas Disk usage analyser tells me I have 22GB worth of space available.

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 790M 2.1M 788M 1% /run
/dev/sda6 46G 25G 19G 57% /
tmpfs 3.9G 4.2M 3.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/50
/dev/loop0 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop2 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/124
/dev/loop3 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5662
/dev/loop4 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/40
/dev/loop5 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/54
/dev/loop8 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop14 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5548
/dev/loop6 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/238
/dev/loop16 43M 43M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/701
/dev/loop10 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/42
/dev/loop21 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop19 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop11 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/117
/dev/loop12 4.8M 4.8M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/49
/dev/loop13 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5742
/dev/loop15 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/222
/dev/loop7 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop17 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop9 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop18 35M 35M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop20 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/43
/dev/sda8 50G 48G 0 100% /home
tmpfs 790M 16K 790M 1% /run/user/122
tmpfs 790M 12K 790M 1% /run/user/1000

What's wrong?

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1

Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space How does it tells you?
â€“Â Debian_yadav
2 hours ago

4

You /home is filled no magic about it! You have multiple partitions as seen from the out above.
â€“Â George Udosen
1 hour ago

@Debian_yadav, it gives me a popup.
â€“Â Shihab Khan
35 mins ago

@GeorgeUdosen, I saw it. Forgive me but I'm very new to Ubuntu. Does the /computer and /home directory take separate partitions? Should I increase resize the /home partition?
â€“Â Shihab Khan
30 mins ago

Absolutely. You must resize your /home partition or clean it up.
â€“Â Tung Tran
16 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

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Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space is remaining whereas Disk usage analyser tells me I have 22GB worth of space available.

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 790M 2.1M 788M 1% /run
/dev/sda6 46G 25G 19G 57% /
tmpfs 3.9G 4.2M 3.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/50
/dev/loop0 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop2 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/124
/dev/loop3 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5662
/dev/loop4 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/40
/dev/loop5 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/54
/dev/loop8 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop14 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5548
/dev/loop6 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/238
/dev/loop16 43M 43M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/701
/dev/loop10 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/42
/dev/loop21 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop19 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop11 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/117
/dev/loop12 4.8M 4.8M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/49
/dev/loop13 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5742
/dev/loop15 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/222
/dev/loop7 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop17 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop9 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop18 35M 35M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop20 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/43
/dev/sda8 50G 48G 0 100% /home
tmpfs 790M 16K 790M 1% /run/user/122
tmpfs 790M 12K 790M 1% /run/user/1000

What's wrong?

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Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space is remaining whereas Disk usage analyser tells me I have 22GB worth of space available.

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 790M 2.1M 788M 1% /run
/dev/sda6 46G 25G 19G 57% /
tmpfs 3.9G 4.2M 3.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/50
/dev/loop0 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop2 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/124
/dev/loop3 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5662
/dev/loop4 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/40
/dev/loop5 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/54
/dev/loop8 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop14 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5548
/dev/loop6 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/238
/dev/loop16 43M 43M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/701
/dev/loop10 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/42
/dev/loop21 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop19 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop11 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/117
/dev/loop12 4.8M 4.8M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/49
/dev/loop13 88M 88M 0 100% /snap/core/5742
/dev/loop15 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/222
/dev/loop7 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop17 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop9 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop18 35M 35M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop20 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/43
/dev/sda8 50G 48G 0 100% /home
tmpfs 790M 16K 790M 1% /run/user/122
tmpfs 790M 12K 790M 1% /run/user/1000

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Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space How does it tells you?
â€“Â Debian_yadav
2 hours ago

4

You /home is filled no magic about it! You have multiple partitions as seen from the out above.
â€“Â George Udosen
1 hour ago

@Debian_yadav, it gives me a popup.
â€“Â Shihab Khan
35 mins ago

@GeorgeUdosen, I saw it. Forgive me but I'm very new to Ubuntu. Does the /computer and /home directory take separate partitions? Should I increase resize the /home partition?
â€“Â Shihab Khan
30 mins ago

Absolutely. You must resize your /home partition or clean it up.
â€“Â Tung Tran
16 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

1

Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space How does it tells you?
â€“Â Debian_yadav
2 hours ago

4

You /home is filled no magic about it! You have multiple partitions as seen from the out above.
â€“Â George Udosen
1 hour ago

@Debian_yadav, it gives me a popup.
â€“Â Shihab Khan
35 mins ago

@GeorgeUdosen, I saw it. Forgive me but I'm very new to Ubuntu. Does the /computer and /home directory take separate partitions? Should I increase resize the /home partition?
â€“Â Shihab Khan
30 mins ago

Absolutely. You must resize your /home partition or clean it up.
â€“Â Tung Tran
16 mins ago

Whenever I boot in Ubuntu it tells me 0 bytes worth of free space How does it tells you?
â€“Â Debian_yadav
2 hours ago

You /home is filled no magic about it! You have multiple partitions as seen from the out above.
â€“Â George Udosen
1 hour ago

@Debian_yadav, it gives me a popup.
â€“Â Shihab Khan
35 mins ago

@GeorgeUdosen, I saw it. Forgive me but I'm very new to Ubuntu. Does the /computer and /home directory take separate partitions? Should I increase resize the /home partition?
â€“Â Shihab Khan
30 mins ago

Absolutely. You must resize your /home partition or clean it up.
â€“Â Tung Tran
16 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

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You seem to have two relevant partitions on your computer's disk. Partition 1, /dev/sda6, has 19 GB available but Partition 2, /dev/sda8, where your /home directory resides, is full. Try to move some big files/directories out of /home, perhaps to /var/tmp, or create a new top-level dir, perhaps /data and move the big files there.

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Let me recommend a simple solution. Since I don't really know what your putting into your /home folder it woul be nice to create a folder in / root to transfer those files there.

Solution steps:

Create top level folder in / root:
```
sudo mkdir /data
```

Make it accessible by changing ownership and permission, permanently in this case:
```
sudo setfacl -d -m u:$USER:rwx,g:$USER:rwx,o::r-x /data
```
- Or simply change ownership of that new location:
```
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /data
```

Movinge only your data files and not configuration files from the /home/$USER directory into that location.

Check the usage level for /home with df -h /home.

edited 16 mins ago

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sudo du /home/* -sh
gives you what?
I have seen this type of question elsewhere as well when the system did not clean up deleted files or something. Login as root, umount /dev/sda8, fsck /dev/sda8, maybe that will help.

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Let me recommend a simple solution. Since I don't really know what your putting into your /home folder it woul be nice to create a folder in / root to transfer those files there.

Solution steps:

Create top level folder in / root:
```
sudo mkdir /data
```

Make it accessible by changing ownership and permission, permanently in this case:
```
sudo setfacl -d -m u:$USER:rwx,g:$USER:rwx,o::r-x /data
```
- Or simply change ownership of that new location:
```
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /data
```

Movinge only your data files and not configuration files from the /home/$USER directory into that location.

Check the usage level for /home with df -h /home.

edited 16 mins ago

terdonâ™¦

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This is a good idea. My problem has been resolved.
â€“Â Shihab Khan
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add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
1
down vote

Let me recommend a simple solution. Since I don't really know what your putting into your /home folder it woul be nice to create a folder in / root to transfer those files there.

Solution steps:

Create top level folder in / root:
```
sudo mkdir /data
```

Make it accessible by changing ownership and permission, permanently in this case:
```
sudo setfacl -d -m u:$USER:rwx,g:$USER:rwx,o::r-x /data
```
- Or simply change ownership of that new location:
```
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /data
```

Movinge only your data files and not configuration files from the /home/$USER directory into that location.

Check the usage level for /home with df -h /home.

edited 16 mins ago

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answered 17 mins ago

George Udosen

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This is a good idea. My problem has been resolved.
â€“Â Shihab Khan
10 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
1
down vote

Let me recommend a simple solution. Since I don't really know what your putting into your /home folder it woul be nice to create a folder in / root to transfer those files there.

Solution steps:

Create top level folder in / root:
```
sudo mkdir /data
```

Make it accessible by changing ownership and permission, permanently in this case:
```
sudo setfacl -d -m u:$USER:rwx,g:$USER:rwx,o::r-x /data
```
- Or simply change ownership of that new location:
```
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /data
```

Movinge only your data files and not configuration files from the /home/$USER directory into that location.

Check the usage level for /home with df -h /home.

edited 16 mins ago

terdonâ™¦

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answered 17 mins ago

George Udosen

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Let me recommend a simple solution. Since I don't really know what your putting into your /home folder it woul be nice to create a folder in / root to transfer those files there.

Solution steps:

Create top level folder in / root:
```
sudo mkdir /data
```

Make it accessible by changing ownership and permission, permanently in this case:
```
sudo setfacl -d -m u:$USER:rwx,g:$USER:rwx,o::r-x /data
```
- Or simply change ownership of that new location:
```
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /data
```

Movinge only your data files and not configuration files from the /home/$USER directory into that location.

Check the usage level for /home with df -h /home.

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