What happens if I clear the uasge data in the activity log?
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What happens if I clear all the usage data? My computer is running slow, and I was wondering if clearing the data will speed it up, damage something or delete everything I have?
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
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What happens if I clear all the usage data? My computer is running slow, and I was wondering if clearing the data will speed it up, damage something or delete everything I have?
disk-usage
asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
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Possible duplicate of How can I free space from a massive 39.5GB /var/log/ folder?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 0:23
It depends. There's variety of data that can be cleared. You need to specify which files/directories you're planning on clearing. If your computer is running slow, ideally should establish the cause - is it a specific program that's utilizing all of CPU, is RAM almost used up, are there any errors, is the hard drive/ssd in good health, etc. From there you can look at options on mitigating these issues.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 25 '18 at 0:27
Rather than "clear all usage data", readman logrotateandless /etc/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/*. This is the Ubuntu Way to carefully reduse logs.
– waltinator
Dec 25 '18 at 3:38
Since log data is written to disk instead of retained in RAM, I'm curious why you think logs are slowing down your system. Have you, for example, runtopto see the biggest resource using applications? Orfreeto see f you are swapping? Ordf -hto see if your disk is full? Some slowdowns are caused by cryptomining viruses from dodgy websites. Other slowdowns are due to the Spectre/Meltdown security patches. Lots of possible reasons for a slowdown, rarely logs...so why logs?
– user535733
Dec 25 '18 at 7:19
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What happens if I clear all the usage data? My computer is running slow, and I was wondering if clearing the data will speed it up, damage something or delete everything I have?
disk-usage
asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
ravenraven
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What happens if I clear all the usage data? My computer is running slow, and I was wondering if clearing the data will speed it up, damage something or delete everything I have?
disk-usage
disk-usage
asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
ravenraven
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
ravenraven
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
ravenraven
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 0:20
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Possible duplicate of How can I free space from a massive 39.5GB /var/log/ folder?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 0:23
It depends. There's variety of data that can be cleared. You need to specify which files/directories you're planning on clearing. If your computer is running slow, ideally should establish the cause - is it a specific program that's utilizing all of CPU, is RAM almost used up, are there any errors, is the hard drive/ssd in good health, etc. From there you can look at options on mitigating these issues.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 25 '18 at 0:27
Rather than "clear all usage data", readman logrotateandless /etc/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/*. This is the Ubuntu Way to carefully reduse logs.
– waltinator
Dec 25 '18 at 3:38
Since log data is written to disk instead of retained in RAM, I'm curious why you think logs are slowing down your system. Have you, for example, runtopto see the biggest resource using applications? Orfreeto see f you are swapping? Ordf -hto see if your disk is full? Some slowdowns are caused by cryptomining viruses from dodgy websites. Other slowdowns are due to the Spectre/Meltdown security patches. Lots of possible reasons for a slowdown, rarely logs...so why logs?
– user535733
Dec 25 '18 at 7:19
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Possible duplicate of How can I free space from a massive 39.5GB /var/log/ folder?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 0:23
It depends. There's variety of data that can be cleared. You need to specify which files/directories you're planning on clearing. If your computer is running slow, ideally should establish the cause - is it a specific program that's utilizing all of CPU, is RAM almost used up, are there any errors, is the hard drive/ssd in good health, etc. From there you can look at options on mitigating these issues.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 25 '18 at 0:27
Rather than "clear all usage data", readman logrotateandless /etc/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/*. This is the Ubuntu Way to carefully reduse logs.
– waltinator
Dec 25 '18 at 3:38
Since log data is written to disk instead of retained in RAM, I'm curious why you think logs are slowing down your system. Have you, for example, runtopto see the biggest resource using applications? Orfreeto see f you are swapping? Ordf -hto see if your disk is full? Some slowdowns are caused by cryptomining viruses from dodgy websites. Other slowdowns are due to the Spectre/Meltdown security patches. Lots of possible reasons for a slowdown, rarely logs...so why logs?
– user535733
Dec 25 '18 at 7:19
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Possible duplicate of How can I free space from a massive 39.5GB /var/log/ folder?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 0:23
Possible duplicate of How can I free space from a massive 39.5GB /var/log/ folder?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 0:23
It depends. There's variety of data that can be cleared. You need to specify which files/directories you're planning on clearing. If your computer is running slow, ideally should establish the cause - is it a specific program that's utilizing all of CPU, is RAM almost used up, are there any errors, is the hard drive/ssd in good health, etc. From there you can look at options on mitigating these issues.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 25 '18 at 0:27
It depends. There's variety of data that can be cleared. You need to specify which files/directories you're planning on clearing. If your computer is running slow, ideally should establish the cause - is it a specific program that's utilizing all of CPU, is RAM almost used up, are there any errors, is the hard drive/ssd in good health, etc. From there you can look at options on mitigating these issues.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 25 '18 at 0:27
Rather than "clear all usage data", read
man logrotate and less /etc/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/*. This is the Ubuntu Way to carefully reduse logs.– waltinator
Dec 25 '18 at 3:38
Rather than "clear all usage data", read
man logrotate and less /etc/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/*. This is the Ubuntu Way to carefully reduse logs.– waltinator
Dec 25 '18 at 3:38
Since log data is written to disk instead of retained in RAM, I'm curious why you think logs are slowing down your system. Have you, for example, run
top to see the biggest resource using applications? Or free to see f you are swapping? Or df -h to see if your disk is full? Some slowdowns are caused by cryptomining viruses from dodgy websites. Other slowdowns are due to the Spectre/Meltdown security patches. Lots of possible reasons for a slowdown, rarely logs...so why logs?– user535733
Dec 25 '18 at 7:19
Since log data is written to disk instead of retained in RAM, I'm curious why you think logs are slowing down your system. Have you, for example, run
top to see the biggest resource using applications? Or free to see f you are swapping? Or df -h to see if your disk is full? Some slowdowns are caused by cryptomining viruses from dodgy websites. Other slowdowns are due to the Spectre/Meltdown security patches. Lots of possible reasons for a slowdown, rarely logs...so why logs?– user535733
Dec 25 '18 at 7:19
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Possible duplicate of How can I free space from a massive 39.5GB /var/log/ folder?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 25 '18 at 0:23
It depends. There's variety of data that can be cleared. You need to specify which files/directories you're planning on clearing. If your computer is running slow, ideally should establish the cause - is it a specific program that's utilizing all of CPU, is RAM almost used up, are there any errors, is the hard drive/ssd in good health, etc. From there you can look at options on mitigating these issues.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 25 '18 at 0:27
Rather than "clear all usage data", read
man logrotateandless /etc/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/*. This is the Ubuntu Way to carefully reduse logs.– waltinator
Dec 25 '18 at 3:38
Since log data is written to disk instead of retained in RAM, I'm curious why you think logs are slowing down your system. Have you, for example, run
topto see the biggest resource using applications? Orfreeto see f you are swapping? Ordf -hto see if your disk is full? Some slowdowns are caused by cryptomining viruses from dodgy websites. Other slowdowns are due to the Spectre/Meltdown security patches. Lots of possible reasons for a slowdown, rarely logs...so why logs?– user535733
Dec 25 '18 at 7:19