Hi, I just deleted a share of around 500 GB but I don't see any extra space freed up. I rebooted twice and ran a balance but the extra space still isn't available.As you can see from the picture below, the total amount of used disk space doesn't seem to add up: EDIT: the uploaded image isn't showing, even after re-uploading it several times, I don't know why. So I've added the image as an attachment. I'm hoping someone can help me free up my disk space. I can use SSH but only if someone tells me exactly what to type. Thanks in advance and kind regards, Laszlo

# btrfs subvolume delete /data/.purge/1610836735_Music/.snapshots # btrfs subvolume delete /data/.purge/1610836735_Music

RN102 deleting share does not free up space

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 17, 2021
LaszloFolgerts wrote:

EDIT: the uploaded image isn't showing, even after re-uploading it several times, I don't know why.

Images need to be approved by a mod before they are shown, and that can take a while. It's showing now.

LaszloFolgerts wrote:

As you can see from the picture below, the total amount of used disk space doesn't seem to add up:

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Consider deleting the snapshot for Videos next (though it doesn't appear to be taking much space).

Also, you might try disabling Quota on the volume settings wheel. Then reboot the NAS, and enable it again.
- LaszloFolgerts
  Aspirant
  Jan 17, 2021
  
  Thanks for your reply.
  Also, you might try disabling Quota on the volume settings wheel. Then reboot the NAS, and enable it again.
  I've done that, but no effect, unfortunately
  Consider deleting the snapshot for Videos next (though it doesn't appear to be taking much space).
  I deleted the whole "Videos" share (I was going to anyway) but this time I did it slightly differently: I first deleted the folders inside and then deleted the share itself. When I first deleted the folders inside, the amount of deleted data first showed up as space taken up by snapshots and when I then deleted the share itself, it was displayed as regular data again. Then I ran a balance and it was finally displayed as free disk space again.
  
  So I'm still missing roughly 500 GB from when I deleted the "Music" folder, so my guess is that the system now sees that deleted data as snapshots, but then it sees those snapshots as data. (I know, confusing, right?)
  
  Last time I ran a balance it showed to be 182% complete. this doesn't seem correct.
  - mdgm
    Virtuoso
    Jan 18, 2021
    If you download your logs, what does your btrfs.log look like?