View disk usage & reclaim disk space

[AmineDjeghri]

Can you please add the disk usage for the distros and also the ability to reclaim the disk space ?

Here is what i do to reclaim it :

• wsl disk usage: df -h look on the right column 'Mounted on,' or df -h /mnt/wslg/distro
• Reclaim disk space :
  • it requires docker Dashboard for WSL2, and 2 hyper V params in the Control Panel.
  • Install this https://superuser.com/a/1307442/769637 install the Hyper-V Platform | Hyper-V Services part, too + restart)
  • in Administrator Mode: wsl --shutdown then cd 'C:\Users\%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState' then optimize-vhd -Path .\ext4.vhdx -Mode full
  • for more information, check this: these https://askubuntu.com/a/1380274 + WSL 2 should automatically release disk space back to the host OS microsoft/WSL#4699 +ttps://askubuntu.com/a/1380274 + WSL 2 should automatically release disk space back to the host OS microsoft/WSL#4699 +

[polarathene]

Doesn't have to be optimize-vhd (I think I had an issue getting that available when I tried prior to wslcompact)

My comment provides plenty of insight: microsoft/WSL#4699 (comment)

[Dark-Matter7232]

select vdisk file="ext4.vhdx"
attach vdisk readonly
compact vdisk
detach vdisk

Should be easy to implement.