Hello,

That's a good question! Does the size in the top right change when the page is reloaded? Are these datasets copied from another history?

How are you purging the datasets? As Dannon mentioned, if you click the 'X' button on the dataset it will 'mark' the dataset as deleted. To permanently deleted the datasets (or 'purge' them), you can:

1. Mark them deleted using the 'X' button on the dataset,
2. Then from the history options menu (the button that looks like a gear at the top of the history), select 'Include deleted datasets'. This will make the dataset you marked as deleted visible in the history again.
3. In the deleted dataset you'll see a yellow box explaining that the history has been deleted and showing two links: one for undeleting the dataset (which will undo the deletion of the dataset) and one for immediately removing it from disk - this link will purge the dataset. Click the second link.

You can hide the deleted datasets again by clicking: history options menu -> 'Include deleted datasets' again.

If you do the above, does the size in the top right change or still remain the same?

Let me know if you need more info,
Carl
    


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Wang, Xiaofei <xfwang@ku.edu> wrote:
Yes, it works. But, I am still a little bit confuse about the size on the top right corner. Why does not it change after purging datasets?
From: Dannon Baker [dannon.baker@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 4:57 PM

To: Wang, Xiaofei
Cc: galaxy-dev@lists.bx.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] how to delete datasets or save space on local galaxy

I replied too soon.  To answer your second question, yes, that's how to use the cleanup scripts from the command line.  Enabling the option from my previous email will allow users to *immediately* purge datasets without waiting on those cleanup scripts.

-Dannon


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Dannon Baker <dannon.baker@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey, sure.  The option you're looking for is "allow_user_dataset_purge", around line 650 or so.

Good luck!

-Dannon


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Wang, Xiaofei <xfwang@ku.edu> wrote:
Hi Dannon,

Could you tell me how to edit the configure file? 

What I see from here https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Admin/Config/Performance/Purge%20Histories%20and%20Datasets is how to use the command line, correct?

Thanks a lot!

Best,

Xiaofei
From: Dannon Baker [dannon.baker@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 4:42 PM
To: Wang, Xiaofei
Cc: galaxy-dev@lists.bx.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] how to delete datasets or save space on local galaxy

Hi Xiaofei,

The (x) simply flags a dataset for deletion, it does not remove it from disk.  This happens when the instance maintainers run cleanup scripts.  If your instance is so configured, you can use the "Purge Deleted Datasets" option to immediately remove datasets from disk.

-Dannon


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Wang, Xiaofei <xfwang@ku.edu> wrote:

Dear there,


May I ask a question which might be really simple?

How to delete a dataset from a history in local Galaxy? When I clicked on delete (x), the size on disk is still the same as before deleting it. 


Thank you so much!

Best,

Xiaofei

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