I am updating daily but sometimes it just feels wrong when it’s like that. I assume that something old that could be removed still gets updates. Anyone here who can shed some light please 
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Those are Flatpak runtimes. It’s not normal to have so many versions installed at once. Probably all except the newest version can be removed.
Since you already started the update, let it complete first and restart if needed.
After that, run this in your terminal:
$ flatpak list --runtime
$ flatpak remove --unused
to check the list of installed runtimes, and remove unused ones.
thanks a lot, that was quick there are some applications using a branch:
These runtimes in installation 'system' are pinned and won't be removed; see flatpak-pin(1):
runtime/com.valvesoftware.Steam.CompatibilityTool.Proton/x86_64/stable
runtime/com.valvesoftware.Steam.Utility.gamescope/x86_64/stable
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-525-89-02 branch 1.4:
org.inkscape.Inkscape, org.gnome.Extensions, io.lbry.lbry-app, com.valvesoftware.Steam, com.yubico.yubioath, org.blender.Blender, org.kde.krita, org.signal.Signal, us.zoom.Zoom, com.visualstudio.code, info.portfolio_performance.PortfolioPerformance, org.nickvision.tagger, org.remmina.Remmina, org.nickvision.tubeconverter
I had to enter “n” several times, the same applications appeared but these are the different ones (like in Gnome Software)
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-525-89-02 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-525-85-05 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-525-78-01 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-525-60-11 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-520-56-06 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-515-76 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-515-65-01 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-515-57 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-510-68-02 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-510-60-02 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-510-47-03 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-495-46 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-495-44 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-74 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-63-01 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-57-02 branch 1.4:
Info: applications using the extension org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-465-31 branch 1.4:
Is there any issue that all of those are still linked to these softwares? Even though everything is up to date?
I don’t know what you answered “n” to. Please post the full output of flatpak remove --unused.
The nvidia runtimes are not removed automatically by using flatpak remove --unused.
I believe this is because they are not installed using the flatpak command but are pulled in as part of the nvidia driver install/updates.
The user must remove all the older ones manually, and it is only necessary to keep the one that matches the currently installed version of the nvidia drivers.
In your case it looks like you could remove all but the 525-89-02 version without breaking the system.
Almost everything else that is unused can be removed with the flatpak remove --unused command.
perfect thank you! I only kept the most recent one! Nothing broke
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