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<title>Check how much disk space is left</title>
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<p>You can check how much disk space is left by using <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> and <app>System Monitor</app>.</p>
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<section id="disk-usage-analyzer"><title>Check with Disk Usage Analyzer</title>
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<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity using <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app>:</p>
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<p>You can check how much disk space is left with <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app>
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or <app>System Monitor</app>.</p>
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<section id="disk-usage-analyzer">
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<title>Check with Disk Usage Analyzer</title>
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<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity using
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<app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app>:</p>
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<item><p>Open the <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> application from the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.</p></item>
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<item><p>The <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> window will display the <gui>Total file system capacity</gui> and <gui>Total file system usage</gui>.</p><p>(You can click on <gui>View as Rings Chart</gui> to change the display to <gui>View as Treemap Chart</gui>).</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Scan Home</gui> if you want to check how much disk space is left inside the Home folder or click <gui>Scan filesystem</gui> icon if you want to check how much disk space is left inside the '/' (Root) folder. In both cases, the location of the files and other options like Usage, Size and Contents will be presented. You can change the order of the details and view the files in order of file size.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>Scan a folder</gui> icon if you want to scan disk space inside specific folder or click <gui>Scan a remote folder</gui> if you want to scan disk space inside remote folder. See more details in <link href="ghelp:baobab?baobab-usage"><app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app></link></p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Stop</gui> or <gui>Refresh</gui> anytime you need to cancel or update the scanning.</p></item>
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<note style="tip"><p><gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui> can also be run by pressing <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, typing 'baobab' (without the single-quotes) and pressing <key>Enter</key>.</p></note>
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<p>Open <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> from the <gui>Activities</gui>
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overview. The window will display the <gui>Total file system capacity</gui>
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and <gui>Total file system usage</gui>. Click to toggle between
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<gui>View as Rings Chart</gui> and <gui>View as Treemap Chart</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Scan Home</gui> to check the disk space in the Home folder.</p>
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<p>Click the <gui>Scan filesystem</gui> icon to check the '/' (Root) folder.</p>
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<p>Click the <gui>Scan a folder</gui> icon to scan disk space inside a
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<p>Click <gui>Scan a remote folder</gui> to scan disk space inside a remote
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<p>The information is displayed according to <gui>Folder</gui>, <gui>Usage</gui>,
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<gui>Size</gui> and <gui>Contents</gui>. Click on the column headings to
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adjust the sort order.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Stop</gui> or <gui>Refresh</gui> anytime you need to cancel or
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update the scanning. See more details in
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<link href="ghelp:baobab?baobab-usage"><app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app></link>.</p>
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<p><gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui> can also be run by pressing
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<section id="system-monitor"><title>Check with System Monitor</title>
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<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity with <app>System Monitor</app>:</p>
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<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity with <app>System Monitor</app>:</p>
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<item><p>Open the <app>System Monitor</app> application from the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the <gui>File Systems</gui> tab to view the system's partitions and disk space usage in Total, Free, Available and Used.</p></item>
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<p>Open the <app>System Monitor</app> application from the <gui>Activities</gui>
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<p>Select the <gui>File Systems</gui> tab to view the system's partitions and
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disk space usage. The information is displayed according to <gui>Total</gui>,
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<gui>Free</gui>, <gui>Available</gui> and <gui>Used</gui>.</p>
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<section id="disk-full"><title>What if the disk is too full?</title>
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<p>If the disk is too full you should:</p>
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