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Expand Docker Storage on WSL2
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Identify the path to virtual disk of the docker

  • (default location: %LOCALAPPDATA%/Docker/wsl/data).

Start diskpart from the command line.

  • diskpart

Select disk by using the command

  • select vdisk file=

Grow the image by running expand command

  • expand vdisk maximum=

Shut down WSL2 by executing

  • wsl --shutdown

Restart Docker Desktop

Start WSL2 Linux shell (this automatically restarts WSL2 again) and execute the lsblk command

  • sudo lsblk

Identify the resized virtual disk (/mnt/wsl/docker-desktop-data/isocache, e.g. /dev/sdd in my case)

Grow the filesystem on the resized virtual disk by running resize2fs command

  • sudo resize2fs
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