# System rebooted while backup

**URL:** <https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/system-rebooted-while-backup/1905>\
**Category:** Reporting an Issue\
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/system-rebooted-while-backup/1905 "2022-10-23T21:03:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mohamed.soliman](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mohamed.soliman](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/mohamed.soliman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/system-rebooted-while-backup/1905/1 "2022-10-23T21:03:30Z")

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System rebooted while backup is taken , the system is opreating normally but the storge is almost full ,  
can i delete the temp backup files to free up the space.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![miguel](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/user_avatar/forums.vitalpbx.org/miguel/32/415_2.png) [@miguel](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/miguel)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/system-rebooted-while-backup/1905/2 "2022-10-24T04:26:25Z")

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Sure, you can delete logs and old backups

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**Author:** ![mohamed.soliman](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mohamed.soliman](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/mohamed.soliman)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/system-rebooted-while-backup/1905/3 "2022-10-24T08:15:28Z")

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The ussue thats the backup file not shown in the GUI  
neither on the files  
I think its cashed in temp file

How to clean system ?

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**Author:** ![PitzKey](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/user_avatar/forums.vitalpbx.org/pitzkey/32/420_2.png) [@PitzKey](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/u/PitzKey)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/system-rebooted-while-backup/1905/4 "2022-10-24T11:32:21Z")

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Use `du -sh *` to locate large files

```auto
cd /
du -sh *

```

Or you can also do

```auto
du -sh * | grep G

```

To find files/folders larger than 1G