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Alternatively, click <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, right-click a hard disk, click <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> and select the <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tab to see a summary of the disk space currently available on that disk.

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Advanced disk-usage analysis

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For a more accurate analysis of your filesystem, press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Disk Usage Analyzer</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to start the <application>Disk Usage Analyzer</application>.

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Press <guibutton>Scan Home</guibutton> to scan your home directory, or press <guibutton>Scan Filesystem</guibutton> to scan the whole filesystem.

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See the <ulink url="ghelp:baobab" type="help">Disk Usage Analyzer Manual</ulink> for more information.

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How can I free-up some disk space?

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There are several simple ways of making more disk space available:

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Empty your trash by right-clicking the Trash icon on the bottom panel and selecting <guilabel>Empty the Trash folder</guilabel>.

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Run <application>Computer Janitor</application> by clicking <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Computer Janitor</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. This will remove unused or obsolete software packages from your computer. Read the list of packages carefully before you click <guibutton>Cleanup</guibutton>; packages that you have manually downloaded and installed may be listed as unused, even though they are not.

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Remove software packages that you no longer use. See <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:add-applications#removing"> Add/Remove Applications</ulink> for information on removing packages.