Managing journal log size

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Retain only the past two days:

journalctl --vacuum-time=2d

Retain only the past 500 MB:

journalctl --vacuum-size=500M

Links

  • [[2025-W30]]
  • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/139513/how-to-clear-journalctl
  • https://www.loggly.com/ultimate-guide/managing-journal-size/

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