# Why do I have an army of wandb files everywhere? It's overwhelming my disk quota **URL:** \ **Category:** W&B Help\ **Tags:** wandb\ **Created:** [April 14, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/why-do-i-have-an-army-of-wandb-files-everywhere-its-overwhelming-my-disk-quota/4221 "2023-04-14T19:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brando](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/brando/32/199_2.png) [@brando](https://community.wandb.ai/u/brando)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/why-do-i-have-an-army-of-wandb-files-everywhere-its-overwhelming-my-disk-quota/4221/1 "2023-04-14T19:03:35Z")
I think this was caused by wandb ```auto (mds_env_gpu) brando9~ $ ls data pymp-5u3y_5ds pymp-bkacd1x6 pymp-hvosikw7 pymp-o4ubsmvp pymp-u2hxw56_ debug-cli.brando9.log pymp-5ufiwnum pymp-bkeosgoh pymp-hwp6mlgl pymp-o5709m1c pymp-u3pu2_8j diversity-for-predictive-success-of-meta-learning pymp-5v6yw2ny pymp-bli8hdga pymp-hxkt2k6m pymp-o5pz2fw4 pymp-u4atcmq1 iit-term-synthesis pymp-5vfjyiy8 pymp-blu04xre pymp-hy_6a7yv pymp-o5qihl07 pymp-u4hs1l_h miniconda pymp-5vkol09u pymp-bm04j6u_ pymp-hybr3wao pymp-o5v4yyjh pymp-u5hwvurq miniconda.sh pymp-5w0ycex5 pymp-bm1af1s4 pymp-hyd9kp9k pymp-o78e5rv_ pymp-_u6saect proverbot9001 pymp-5wk26dbe pymp-bm_hml09 pymp-hyg2wzja pymp-o7u0brbq pymp-u7341z_u pycoq pymp-5wv1264k pymp-bmwsk0ui pymp-hyujmqqx pymp-o8dzl_uf pymp-u75jwgya pymp-00y0lbly pymp-5x3lfjus pymp-bnduqemj pymp-hyvxx7e3 pymp-o8rez_1_ pymp-u7ca8y7o ... pymp-be9ogs4j pymp-hptd30xx pymp-ny7y25f5 pymp-tudnkgfd tmpft4wdrhxwandb pymp-5no2jlmt pymp-bedy_tkt pymp-hpybolff pymp-nyra71s5 pymp-t_uf7u5j tmpfvg5and3wandb pymp-5ntrk5up pymp-beha_4zu pymp-hq7fmd8n pymp-nzpgew4t pymp-tvqwp5ey tmpj6j0zfbj pymp-5omzfs4r pymp-bei9ikn0 pymp-hqydweky pymp-o08sw9t7 pymp-tvwdr69z tmpj8tzqwx4 pymp-5_pfdtfd pymp-berkyhno pymp-hr4yovs8 pymp-o0c0lcxr pymp-twvu_nlb tmplgskh1xrwandb-artifacts pymp-5p_xds_i pymp-bgxwfpek pymp-hr5p_4ss pymp-o0hmcwva pymp-tx00ffcm tmpmfxif8o4wandb-media pymp-5q_5m8lf pymp-_bgy7q56 pymp-hra_cgtz pymp-o0jepdlw pymp-txu77bbs tmpol_hgq43wandb-artifacts pymp-5qxdpjjs pymp-bhelzwte pymp-hrc22cf7 pymp-_o0s21so pymp-ty8mdfqa tmppybf10yp pymp-5rlt16x0 pymp-bhfw5927 pymp-hrtr23se pymp-o1hh7338 pymp-tykpaaaa tmpq3i3awq2wandb-media pymp-5rlwn6_h pymp-bhfz8nzu pymp-hs_0tj_l pymp-o1mmetf7 pymp-tz38gxnk tmpvbj3c1glwandb-artifacts pymp-5sf007t_ pymp-bhzzq3ji pymp-hs60ap_i pymp-o2pg14r2 pymp-tz5zx4w5 tmpx795b348wandb-media pymp-5smqiuo8 pymp-_bi71ltm pymp-ht16ywuf pymp-o3sgbsuh pymp-u03tywik tmpz6nn0yezwandb-media pymp-5svxeand pymp-bia6j600 pymp-htb33wdv pymp-o41jeuwi pymp-u19gfzmg tmpzkt1j4lt pymp-5tpni86a pymp-bip9y835 pymp-htj63od5 pymp-o48ihbt6 pymp-u1a3qbtw tmpzov5_ez7wandb-artifacts pymp-5turfdfv pymp-b_j5cszm pymp-hu621te7 pymp-o4hse0ac pymp-u215nj9s ultimate-utils pymp-5_u0d4ov pymp-bk6h_1kx pymp-huvexmsv pymp-o4tpqmbs pymp-u21uakvb wandb ``` I have this: ```auto # - use local machine as home, can't start with cd because like in .bashrc.user since we need to figure out local path in lfs #export LOCAL_MACHINE_PWD=$(python3 -c "import socket;hostname=socket.gethostname().split('.')[0];print(f'/lfs/{hostname}/0/brando9');") export LOCAL_MACHINE_PWD=$(python3 -c "import socket;hostname=socket.gethostname().split('.')[0];print('/lfs/'+str(hostname)+'/0/brando9');") mkdir -p $LOCAL_MACHINE_PWD export WANDB_DIR=$LOCAL_MACHINE_PWD export HOME=$LOCAL_MACHINE_PWD ``` is it wrong? Also, why would it take 11T of info? ```auto (mds_env_gpu) brando9~ $ df -h /lfs/hyperturing2/0/brando9/ Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md127 11T 11T 48M 100% /lfs/hyperturing2/0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![thanos-wandb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@thanos-wandb](https://community.wandb.ai/u/thanos-wandb)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/why-do-i-have-an-army-of-wandb-files-everywhere-its-overwhelming-my-disk-quota/4221/2 "2023-04-19T11:57:06Z")
Hi @brando thanks for reporting this issue. Could you please clarify in which files/directories are you referring to? The `pymp-*` folders seem to be coming from the multiprocessing python package, and it’s an issue that [has been addressed](https://bugs.python.org/issue21664) in certain Python versions, what’s your current one? However, the `tmpwandb` are definitely created by wandb, could you please output disk usage per directory to see what’s actually related with wandb ones? ---
**Author:** ![thanos-wandb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@thanos-wandb](https://community.wandb.ai/u/thanos-wandb)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/why-do-i-have-an-army-of-wandb-files-everywhere-its-overwhelming-my-disk-quota/4221/3 "2023-04-24T13:05:35Z")
Hi @brando I wanted to follow up with you and see if you could provide us any further information requested in the previous message, so that we could understand what caused this issue for you. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![thanos-wandb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@thanos-wandb](https://community.wandb.ai/u/thanos-wandb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/why-do-i-have-an-army-of-wandb-files-everywhere-its-overwhelming-my-disk-quota/4221/4 "2023-04-27T15:15:44Z")
Hi @brando since we haven’t heard back from you, I will go ahead and close this ticket for now. Please let us now though if the issue persists for you, and we will be happy to keep investigating! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/wandb/original/1X/366b649231631dbab896843020da0056074ac79d.png) [@system](https://community.wandb.ai/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/why-do-i-have-an-army-of-wandb-files-everywhere-its-overwhelming-my-disk-quota/4221/5 "2023-06-26T15:16:11Z")
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