Re: Can postgres ever delete the recycled future WAL files to free-up disk space if max_wal_size is reduced or wal_recycle is set to off?

[Tom Lane]

Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostg...@gmail.com> writes:
> Can postgres delete the recycled future WAL files once max_wal_size is
> reduced and/or wal_recycle is set to off?

A checkpoint should do that, see RemoveOldXlogFiles.

Maybe you have a broken WAL archiving setup, or something else preventing
removal of old WAL files?

                        regards, tom lane