fstrim

Discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem.

Only supported by flash memory devices such as SSDs and microSD cards.

• Trim unused blocks on all mounted partitions that support it:

sudo fstrim --all

• Trim unused blocks on a specified partition:

sudo fstrim {/}

• Display statistics after trimming:

sudo fstrim --verbose {/}

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