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Ubuntu storage space is decreasing automatically

I had 1tb space in my ubuntu server in the morning. But now It has been decreased to 350GB. There is no command running in the system. I don't understand what is happening to my system. I have already tried auto remove and clean commands. But it did not recover the space.

Anyone please provide your assistance in resolving the issue.

Thankyou

ubuntu storage

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It might be better for you to post on stackoverflow (either ask ubuntu or super user). A quick check could be to run df -h or du -h | sort -h on your HOME to see where all the space is going.

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  • install ncdu - sudo apt install ncdu

Start tracking down problems

# check in your home
cd 
ncdu


cd /tmp
ncdu

etc

Also really check no commands are running

ps -aux | less -S 

htop

# includes IO, will need to be installed
glances

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