Docker desktop takes my entire disk space

[angheld (Daria Anghelescu)]

I have tried to install docker desktop yesterday on Linux Mint 22.1 Cinamon according to these setup instructions:

Ubuntu

The docker engine works correctly, however, upon installing docker desktop and starting it, the main menu loads indefinitely and I cannot access any menu commands. Furthermore, this process takes up my entire device space.
I will specify that my operating system has been installed inside an encrypted partition with LUKS and docker operates inside one of the two logical partitions created within the operating system (the /home partition), whose space is taken immediately. What happens is that in conjunction with LUKS, the container creates this folder shown in these images that takes up my entire disk space. Upon deleting it nothing happens besides stopping the container from growing.

I have a hunch that this occurrence might happen because of this command being outdated:
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
In the docker desktop menu, my app prompts me to update these dependencies but I cannot do so because the menu is still loading and greyed out. If the problem turns out to be with docker and not with the LUKS encryption for my OS, I would appreciate your assistance on this issue.

[rimelek (Ákos Takács)]

@angheld

I have a hunch that this occurrence might happen because of this command being outdated:

'Im not sure how it is related or what you mean by outdated, especially why any menu item would be needed for updating anything. Docker Desktop runs a virtual machine so you don’t even need the docker-ce package. You can uninstall it, but if you need it, you can still update from command line.

@angheld

my app prompts me to update these dependencies

What app and how?

Also can you share how you created the container which causes the issue?