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
- 
Show what this command would do without doing it.
 - 
--maxnStop after freeing n bytes of disk space.
 
Logging-related options
- 
Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.
 - 
--log-formatformatSet the format of log output; one of
raw,internal-json,barorbar-with-logs. - 
--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error.
 - 
Decrease the logging verbosity level.
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--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level.
 
Miscellaneous global options
- 
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). - 
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
 - 
Show version information.
 
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.