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Your server disk space can clog up very quickly with a lot of unneeded files. Let's find out how to reclaim your precious disk space back.

 Published by [Mark van Eijk](https://rocketeersapp.com/author/mark-van-eijk) on August 24, 2022 · 1 minute read

1. [Shrink log files](#content-shrink-log-files)

There are a few ways that make it possible to reclaim diskspace right away on a server. This is very handy when your server is low on diskspace. Let's dive in!

[\#](#content-shrink-log-files "Permalink")Shrink log files
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Using this command, we can shrink logfiles within a specific size. In this example we shrink all system log files to have a maximum size of 500 MB:

 ```
sudo journalctl --vacuum-size=500M

```

**This article will be updated with more examples in the future**

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