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How do I stop /var/log/kern.log.1 from consuming all my disk space?

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I have an 80 GB HDD without any partitions. One day I realized that I had lost most of my free disk space. I discovered that /var/log/kern.log.1 takes up 25 GB of space, and there is no delete option for that file.

Here is a screenshot of the problem:

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I am new to Ubuntu/Linux.
Please Help.
Thank You.

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answered 2 Years ago mance · Accepted Answer

You should be fine removing that file, cause it's an already rotated log.
As you need root permissions to do that, you won't have an option in the GUI to delete that file.

You can do it from the command line:

sudo rm /var/log/kern.log.1

Each time you boot, log files will be created and rotated again, so you should probably watch for the next kern.log.* file sizes. Related bug report on Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/115774