nix3-store-gc(1)

    Warning
    This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

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’.

•   --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 Lix 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•   --refresh Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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.