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.