WSL2 & Docker Space-Saving Tricks on Windows 10/11
In this video I'll show how to reduce or shrink WSL2 Disk Usage on Windows 11 with docker. it's applicable regardless of whether you've installed docker or not.
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Commands Used:
if docker is being used
docker ps -a
backup volumes of container you're about to remove
docker container remove container_id
system prune
docker system prune -a
end of command docker is being used
shutdown wsl (needs admin privileges)
wsl --shutdown
Compress vdhx on the Home edition of Windows 10 and Windows 11(needs admin privileges):
diskpart
select vdisk file="C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\disk\docker_data.vhdx"
attach vdisk readonly
compact vdisk
detach vdisk
exit
Win 10/11 Pro, Enterprise (needs admin privileges)
Optimize-VHD -Path "C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\disk\docker_data.vhdx" -Mode Full
Links:
Nvidia Broadcast: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/...
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:10 Intro
01:18 Stop all docker instances (Applicable to users of docker on Windows)
02:52 Stop WSL2 using the wsl shutdown command
05:12 Optimize-VHD command to reclaim Disk Space on Pro and later editions
05:36 Alternative way to shrink disk storage on Home edition using diskpart
06:46 Purge docker data using docker desktop app (Disk Storage reduces to 1.x GB)
07:50 Outro
08:07 End