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I noticed my disk space has shrunk considerably. So I checked my bash on windows, running free -h command:

  total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.9G        4.3G        3.4G         17M        230M        3.5G
Swap:           24G         12M         23G

The swap space is huge and obviously unnecessarily huge.

I've tried ways, including swapon/off, but none of them work. In fact swapon/off does not seem to be supported here.

Could anyone suggest how to fix this?

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  • Your main problems seems to a lack of available system memory. It appears you only have 12 MB free on your swap, so you actually need that much space, appears you need more
    – Ramhound
    Aug 26, 2017 at 3:27
  • Your title is confusing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which your asking about has little to do with Bash on Ubuntu. This is a WSL issue not a Bash on Ubuntu problem
    – Ramhound
    Aug 26, 2017 at 3:27
  • thanks, updated. what does the shared swap space here mean?
    – Yiwan
    Aug 27, 2017 at 0:24
  • I would assume it's the shared space between WSL and Windows. 24GB page file isn't that large, it also, is the expected size based on your described system
    – Ramhound
    Aug 27, 2017 at 0:32

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