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            <h1>Free Up Pi-Hole Disk Space Usage</h1>
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          <h2>Cleaning Log Files</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Pi-Hole server</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># output current pihole db size<br />
	sudo du /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db -h<br />
	# flush pihole logs<br />
	pihole flush<br />
	# stop pihole FTL service<br />
	sudo systemctl stop pihole-FTL<br />
	# delete the FTL database file<br />
	sudo rm /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db<br />
	# stop pihole FTL service<br />
	sudo systemctl start pihole-FTL<br />
	# output reduced pihole db size<br />
	sudo du /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db -h</div>
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<h2>Reduce Long Term Log Lifespan</h2>

<p><em>By default, Pi-hole keeps long term DNS logs for 365 days. This lifespan can be changed by altering the MAXDBDAYS variable in /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf</em></p>

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	<li>To reduce the log lifespan, run the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># edit pihole-FTD.conf<br />
	sudo nano /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf</div>
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	<li>Add or edit MAXDBDAYS value in the configuration file as needed</li>
	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following command
	<div class="codeBlock"># restart pihole-FTL server<br />
	sudo systemctl restart pihole-FTL</div>
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	<li>After restarting the service the new logs lifespan will be active</li>
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<p>Pi-hole Documentation: <a href="https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/" target="_blank">https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile</a></p>
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