Arch Linux: Cleanup

Clean pkg cache

List packages

ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ | less 

Remove all pkg except those installed

sudo pacman -Sc 

Remove all files

sudo pacman -Scc

Or with yay

yay -Scc

Remove unused packages

List unused

pacman -Qtdq

Remove unused

sudo pacman -R $(pacman -Qtdq)

Journal logs

sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=2d

• This will remove log older than 2 days, you can change accordingly.
• Clear journal log older than x day/month/year

sudo journalctl --vacuum-size=100M

• Restrict logs to a certain size

Clean home cache

cache is located in ~/.cache

Last edited: 25/05/2023 00:00 UTC