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Jul 17, 2026 · Cloud Native

How to Identify and Reduce an 18 GB Docker Image Layer During docker push

This article walks through a step‑by‑step process to locate the 18.1 GB layer that makes docker commit and docker push extremely slow, using docker inspect, du, find, and docker diff, and explains common sources such as caches and overlay copy‑up so you can clean them and shrink the image.