**Clean an installed Fedora OS:** ====== clean /var/cache ====== ===== /var/cache/Packagekit ===== [[http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/265755/fedora-23-can-i-safely-delete-files-in-var-cache-packagekit-metadata-updates|Source]] sudo pkcon refresh force -c -1 rm -f /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/updates/packages/* Disable the saving of the rpm's: \\ Edit ''/etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf'' and remove the # of ''KeepCache'' # Keep the packages after they have been downloaded KeepCache=false ===== dnf ===== dnf clean all --enablerepo=\* ====== clean /var/log/journal ====== [[http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/130786/can-i-remove-files-in-var-log-journal-and-var-cache-abrt-di-usr|Source]] You can delete everything inside of /var/log/journal/* but do not delete the directory itself. \\ * You can also query ''journalctl'' to find out how much disk space it's consuming: $ journalctl --disk-usage Journals take up 3.8G on disk. * You can control the size of this directory using this parameter in your ''/etc/systemd/journald.conf'': \\ ''SystemMaxUse=50M'' * You can force a log rotation: $ sudo systemctl kill --kill-who=main --signal=SIGUSR2 systemd-journald.service * You might need to restart the logging service to force a log rotation, if the above signaling method does not do it. \\ You can restart the service like so: $ sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald.service