Safely Clean Up Docker/overlay2 Folder | Free up your local machine
Each layer in an image is a folder inside the
/usr/lib/docker/overlay2/
folder. Lets learn some way to clean up / identify contents of /var/lib/docker/overlay
Is it safe to clean docker/overlay2 ???
Docker uses /var/lib/docker to store your images, containers, and local named volumes. Deleting this can result in data loss and possibly stop the engine from running. The overlay2 subdirectory specifically contains the various filesystem layers for images and containers.
But I would say, yes it's safe when you know what you are doing. In our case, we don't want to delete active containers or images. So let's the delete the unused ones and free up some space !
Check Disk usage by docker first
$ docker system df
Sample Output:
TYPE TOTAL ACTIVE SIZE RECLAIMABLE Images 235 9 9.029GB 8.219GB (91%) Containers 17 9 29.59MB 11.82MB (39%) Local Volumes 20 8 80.72MB 37.08MB (45%) Build Cache 0 0 0B 0B
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