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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="disk-capacity">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="disk"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Natalia Ruz Leiva</name>
<email>nruz@alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Rafael Fontenelle</name>
<email>rafaelff@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<revision pkgversion="3.4.3" date="2012-06-15" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.91" date="2014-09-05" status="review"/>
<desc>Use <gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui>, <gui>System Monitor</gui>, or
<gui>Usage</gui> to check space and capacity.</desc>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Check how much disk space is left</title>
<p>You can check how much disk space is left with <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app>,
<app>System Monitor</app>, or <app>Usage</app>.</p>
<section id="disk-usage-analyzer">
<title>Check with Disk Usage Analyzer</title>
<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity using <app>Disk Usage
Analyzer</app>:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Open <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app> from the <gui>Activities</gui>
overview. The window will display a list of file locations together with
the usage and capacity of each.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click one of the items in the list to view a detailed summary of the
usage for that item. Click the menu button, and then <gui>Scan
Folder…</gui> to scan a different location.</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>The information is displayed according to <gui>Folder</gui>,
<gui>Size</gui>, <gui>Contents</gui> and when the data was last
<gui>Modified</gui>. See more details in <link href="help:baobab"><app>Disk
Usage Analyzer</app></link>.</p>
</section>
<section id="system-monitor">
<title>Check with System Monitor</title>
<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity with <app>System Monitor</app>:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <app>System Monitor</app> application from the <gui>Activities</gui>
overview.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select the <gui>File Systems</gui> tab to view the system’s partitions and
disk space usage. The information is displayed according to <gui>Total</gui>,
<gui>Free</gui>, <gui>Available</gui> and <gui>Used</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="usage">
<title>Check with Usage</title>
<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity with <app>Usage</app>:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <app>Usage</app> application from the <gui>Activities</gui>
overview.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <gui>Storage</gui> tab to view the system’s total <gui>Used</gui>
and <gui>Available</gui> disk space, as well as the used by the
<gui>Operating System</gui> and common user’s directories.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p>Disk space can be freed from user’s directories and its subdirectories
by checking the box next to the directory name.</p>
</note>
</section>
<section id="disk-full">
<title>What if the disk is too full?</title>
<p>If the disk is too full you should:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Delete files that aren’t important or that you won’t use anymore.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Make <link xref="backup-why">backups</link> of the important files that
you won’t need for a while and delete them from the hard drive.</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</page>
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