WSL2 Compacter 🗜
A small script for Windows 10 Home users to compact their WSL2 disks
Inspired by this post on GitHub about WSL2 filling hard disks. This script will:
- Find your
vhdx
file(s) in the default paths of- WSL2 distros (
C:\Users\<NAME>\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited...
) - Docker WSL2 distros (
C:\Users\<NAME>\AppData\Local\Docker
) - Any other folder defined via the
WSL_FOLDERS
environment variable. For having multiple directories, format it as$PATH
, as in:C:\PATH\TO\FOLDER1;D:\PATH\TO\FOLDER2;...
- WSL2 distros (
- Shut down WSL2
- Compact all found disks with
diskpart
After that just open another Linux terminal and WSL2 will restart automatically.
Warning
-
I am a strange man on the internet asking you to run a powershell script. You should probably look inside the script
compact-wsl2-disk.ps1
and make sure you understand what it does. -
This will stop WSL. So save your work in Linux.
Usage
Open Powershell as Administrator and run:
powershell.exe .\compact-wsl2-disk.ps1
PRs are welcome!
Please file pull requests instead of just asking for things. Thanks!
License
MIT
Thanks
This person on StackOverflow and everyone on the WSL GitHub and R0Wi.