I set up a laptop with linux mint cinnamon within the last two weeks, and while trying to install The Sims 4 today I got a message that the hard drive was out of space. I have installed nothing so far except for Steam, and tools to get The Sims 4 running. I see that 131gb is taken up by .ecryptfs and a web search turned up this thread however I used the utility that was suggested with the same result. Then OP says multiple reboots have cleared up the issue. I am on reboot 4 now with no such luck.

Is it safe to delete this? Is it something with timeshifted?

  • sirprize
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    5 months ago

    Caution! .ecryptfs is used for an encrypted home directory. I would assume the size is because of Sims 4. Check with mount whether your real home dir is mounted via ecryptfs.

    If you want to be sure, delete some big files in your home dir and check if ecryptfs gets smaller. If you delete it, you lose all personal files on that machine.