# When will "Uncollected Garbage" be deleted? **URL:** \ **Category:** troubleshooting\ **Tags:** ttl, garbage-collector\ **Created:** [July 28, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/when-will-uncollected-garbage-be-deleted/27327 "2024-07-28T20:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/when-will-uncollected-garbage-be-deleted/27327/11 "2024-07-29T03:58:34Z")
The TTL data is not protected from the GC, moreover the GC is very often can move the TTL data to the trash before the expiration time. Of course, if that data was deleted by the customers before the expiration time. See: > [@V58 db migrate fail - piece\_expiration.db - 1.108.3](https://forum.storj.io/t/v58-db-migrate-fail-piece-expiration-db-1-108-3/27238/38): > > If the garbage collector has been moved the piece to the trash, it will not be found by the collector. It’s pretty easy to check, search for the piece ID in the trash (remove 2 first characters): find /mnt/storj/storagenode/storage/trash -type f -iname JZRTIJAPEHJ67GI6RFHTWJTRT5FWTC7NTVDZGJXANP7ZN542AA.sj1 You may also limit to the subfolder of each satellite (there you can see the names of the folders: [Satellite info (Address, ID, Blobs folder, Hex)](https://forum.storj.io/t/satellite-info-address-id-blobs-folder-hex/17183)). But likely @nerdatwork is correct and t… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/when-will-uncollected-garbage-be-deleted/27327)._