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Clearing WSL Unused Storage

 

Use Below commands to Claim unused or deleted storage space from WSL 

open cmd as administrator  
diskpart

# Common Path of WSL Vhdx
"C:\Users\Bhanu\AppData\Local\wsl\{c1b5ba3f-ca4a-454d-be36-4910c2248c33}\ext4.vhdx"

select vdisk file="PATH_TO_YOUR_WSL_VHDX_FILE"

attach vdisk readonly

compact vdisk

detach vdisk

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