WHY IS WSL TAKING SO MUCH SPACE

[developer992]

Windows Version

Win 11

WSL Version

I DONT KNOW

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

No response

Distro Version

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Other Software

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

Repro Steps

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

Expected Behavior

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

Actual Behavior

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

Diagnostic Logs

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

WHY DOES WSL TAKE 300 GB? ?????

UBUNTU IMAGE IS LIKE 5 GB, WTF DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS

IS THERE A REASON OR JUST INCOMPETENCE FROM MICROSOFT ???

[github-actions]

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If this a feature request, please reply with '/feature'. If this is a question, reply with '/question'.
Otherwise please attach logs by following the instructions below, your issue will not be reviewed unless they are added. These logs will help us understand what is going on in your machine.

How to collect WSL logs

Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1

The script will output the path of the log file once done.

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Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

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PICTURE OF LOG

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/feature

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Diagnostic information

Found '/feature', adding tag 'feature'

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/question

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Diagnostic information

Found '/question', adding tag 'question'