Fix "Disk Quota Exceeded"

Understanding the Error

Disk quota exceeded
dd: writing to "file": Disk quota exceeded

User has reached allocated disk quota.

Check Quotas

quota -v
quota -s
repquota -a
repquota -s -a

Fix 1: Free Up Space

du -sh ~/* | sort -hr | head -10
rm -rf ~/Downloads/*
rm -rf ~/.cache/*
rm -rf ~/.npm/_cacache

Fix 2: Hidden Files

du -sh ~/.[!.]* | sort -hr | head -10

Fix 3: Empty Trash

rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*

Fix 4: Move Files

mv largefile /tmp/
mv largefile /home/otheruser/

Fix 5: Request Increase

Contact system administrator or hosting provider to increase quota.

Prevent Issues

watch -n 60 "quota -s"

alias quotacheck="quota -s | mail -s "Disk usage" your@email.com"