# Nexus 3 - remove old snapshots - Ansible
**URL:** https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-3-remove-old-snapshots-ansible/5927
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-3-remove-old-snapshots-ansible/5927 "2021-02-23T20:47:24Z")
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### Author:  [@mikra85f](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mikra85f)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-3-remove-old-snapshots-ansible/5927/1 "2021-02-23T20:47:24Z")
Welcome.
I have a problem with Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS running out of disk space. On this system we have installed Nexus 3.21.1-01. I want to use ansible to remove old snapshots of the system, but I do not know where they are. How can I do it manually ? And ansible will adjust it by itself.
Thanks for your reply.
Adam
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### Author:  [@mprescott](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mprescott)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-3-remove-old-snapshots-ansible/5927/2 "2021-02-26T18:06:11Z")
Hey there, @mikra85f ! Have you looked at [cleanup policies](https://help.sonatype.com/repomanager3/repository-management/cleanup-policies)? This is exactly what they’re for: if you can articulate a rule for what you want removed, NXRM will do that automatically. Manual policies tend to be feast or famine, and don’t scale: you need to be removing as much as you create on a daily basis, unless you’re constantly increasing storage.
If you’re looking for unused stuff to delete manually in the short term, you could use the cleanup policy preview window; it’s not ideal.