====== Clean unused space in BTRFS with compression enabled ====== //cat /dev/zero// works for btrfs if you turn off compression first: btrfs property set PATH compression none For example: mkdir -p btrfs-zero btrfs property set btrfs-zero compression none cat /dev/zero > btrfs-zero/zero ; rm btrfs-zero/zero Credit: [[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44725/clear-unused-space-with-zeros-btrfs]]