Name

       nix store gc - perform garbage collection on a Nix store

Synopsis

       nix store gc [option…]

Examples

       •  Delete unreachable paths in the Nix store:

       # nix store gc

       •  Delete up to 1 gigabyte of garbage:

       # nix store gc --max 1G

Description

       This command deletes unreachable paths in the Nix store.

Options

       •  --dry-run

          Show what this command would do without doing it.

       •  --max n

          Stop after freeing n bytes of disk space.

   Logging-related options
       •  --debug

          Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

       •  --log-format format

          Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

       •  --print-build-logs / -L

          Print full build logs on standard error.

       •  --quiet

          Decrease the logging verbosity level.

       •  --verbose / -v

          Increase the logging verbosity level.

   Miscellaneous global options
       •  --help

          Show usage information.

       •  --offline

          Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

       •  --option name value

          Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

       •  --refresh

          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

       •  --version

          Show version information.

          Note

          See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.

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