Bloat from 2015 to 2020 - how to recover disk space by uninstalling unused features

[Ulysses_]

In version 2.2.2 back in 2015 total disk usage was 246 MB. Now in 2.4.4_3 it is 827 MB. Same features have always been used (multiwan). No pfsense packages added by myself. Is there a safe way to cut down on disk usage by removing unused features?

Here is the ending of the output of du -m / | sort -n if it helps.

11 /lib
12 /var/db
13 /usr/share/i18n/csmapper/CP
14 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.26/mach/auto
15 /usr/sbin
17 /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin
17 /usr/local/include
22 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.26/mach
25 /var
26 /usr/lib/debug/lib
28 /usr/lib/debug/usr/sbin
29 /usr/share/i18n/csmapper
30 /usr/share/i18n
31 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/test
33 /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib
36 /usr/local/bin
36 /usr/local/share/locale
40 /usr/local/share/pfSense
48 /usr/share
49 /boot/kernel
53 /usr/local/sbin
55 /boot
58 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.26
62 /usr/local/lib/perl5
78 /usr/lib/debug/usr
82 /usr/local/lib/python2.7
91 /usr/local/share
113 /usr/lib/debug
170 /usr/lib
217 /usr/local/lib
439 /usr/local
682 /usr
827 /

[bbrendon]

Looks like you're running lean.

16      /pkgs
16      /usr/local/www
17      /usr/local/share/openvpn
17      /usr/local/share/openvpn/client-export
17      /usr/local/share/openvpn/client-export/template
19      /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc
23      /usr/local/include
27      /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.30/mach
27      /usr/local/share/icu
27      /usr/local/share/icu/65.1
29      /usr/share/i18n/csmapper
30      /usr/share/i18n
31      /var/log/snort
31      /var/log/snort/snort_vmx141214
32      /var/db
33      /usr/local/lib/python3.7/test/__pycache__
36      /usr/local/share/locale
40      /usr/local/bin
42      /usr/local/share/pfSense
49      /usr/share
51      /boot/kernel
58      /usr/local/share/GeoIP
60      /usr/local/sbin
61      /usr/local/lib/python3.7/test
62      /usr/lib
63      /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.30
67      /usr/local/lib/perl5
77      /var/log
99      /boot/kernel.old
129     /usr/local/lib/python3.7
154     /var/cache
154     /var/cache/pkg
157     /boot
200     /usr/local/share
274     /var
306     /usr/local/lib
661     /usr/local
799     /usr
1336    /

[stephenw10]

There is no "safe" way to do this no. Is there any particular reason you need such a small footprint?

Steve

[Ulysses_]

Just running a lot of VM's on small disk/SSD space, not worth too much effort. Thanks for the input.