How To Clean System Cache using Terminal Command on Ubuntu 18.04 and Linux mint or Debian Linux we all have to clean once a month system cache this is good for our machine . this is not tough you have to follow few steps . Step 1 : To check the amount of space being used for package storage . Command: du -h /var/cache/apt/ Step 2 : To remove these Extra packages stored here run . command: sudo apt-get clean Step 3 : To remove packages expired no longer available for download, normally you don't keep these . Run Command: sudo apt-get autoclean Step 4 : Remove packages that were used to satify dependencies for applications that are no longer needed run Command : sudo apt-get autoremove Step 5 : Press Y then enter Step 6 : Check you System Cache clean or not ? Command : du -h /var/cache/apt/