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
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Delete unreachable paths in the Nix store: # nix store gc
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Delete up to 1 gigabyte of garbage: # nix store gc --max 1G
Description
This command deletes unreachable paths in the Nix store.
Options
- 
Show what this command would do without doing it. 
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--maxnStop after freeing n bytes of disk space. 
Logging-related options
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Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'. 
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--log-formatformatSet the format of log output; one of raw,internal-json,barorbar-with-logs.
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--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error. 
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Decrease the logging verbosity level. 
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--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level. 
Miscellaneous global options
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Show usage information. 
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Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. 
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--optionname valueSet the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
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Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. 
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Show version information. 
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.