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# Disk filled up to 100%

### 1. Enter your servers console

You can find instructions for this in the following articles:

* For VPS: [Entering the VNC console](/virtualization-platform/server-management/entering-the-vnc-console.md)
* For dedicated servers: [Entering console](/dedicated-servers/server-management/entering-console.md)

### 2. Log into your VPS

Then using your credentials that you have either set yourself within the server, or set at the reinstallation stage, log into your server. 

### 3. Wipe the journal logs of your server

The most common cause of a disk being filled up is too many logs being generated. 

You can wipe them with the following commands:

```
journalctl --rotate
journalctl --vacuum-time=1s
```

Afterward, change the vacuum time setting to 2 days via the following command:

```
journalctl --vacuum-time=2d
```

### 4. SSH into your server, and delete some files

Now, your server should regain its connectivity, and you should be able to SSH into your server once again. 

Ncdu is a very useful tool in here. It will automatically scan all directories, and show you where the biggest files reside. You can install, and use it with the following commands:

```
sudo apt install ncdu
cd /
ncdu
```

We recommend that you do not use your disk above \~90%. This will always leave some head room for new logs, and files generated by your applications.  


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