Running out of space on free tier due to run history

Hi there,
I have a quite complex experiment that deals with substantial data. I have run it several times and now suddenly get a message that says that my 10GB space allocation on the free tier is used up. I'm not quite ready to move to the standard tier and would
rather want to clean up my free tier environment. I believe that the storage "wastage" is due to my run history. The problem is that there is no mechanism available to me for purging the run history of my experiment. I am also not allowed to "save
as" the experiment anymore due to the space issue, which would have given me a fresh version of the experiment without the run history. Any advice?
Regards,
Albert

Hi AK,
It really behaves as I described. "Save", "Save As" and "Run" all gave the "please upgrade to Standard tier" message in my case. It might be rare that people run out of the 10GB storage space on the free tier, but
I can assure you that this happened to me - and I believe it was due to my run history.
The good news is that I managed to solve the problem!
Step 1: Copy all R scripts into a notepad (for backup purposes)
Step 2: Take a screenshot of the experiment (for backup purposes)
Step 3: Select whole experiment with mouse and "copy" onto some kind of magical clipboard that understands Azure ML (for backup purposes)
Step 4: Log into the same account a second time and go to the experiment listing page
Step 5: On the first login: Perform a "save as" and say "no" when you see the above mentioned error message. Note that the experiment is now displayed with the new name on the workspace, albeit not saved yet.
Step 6: On the second login: Delete the problematic experiment (which gets rid of the run history!)
Step 7: Hold your breath!
Step 8: On the first login: "Save" experiment. Since there is now space available again the save is successful!
Step 9: Be glad that you did not end up needing Step 1-3.

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Incorrect block count for file Ubuntu Linux-0.hdd.0.{5fbaabe3-6958-40ff-92a7-860e329aab41}.hds
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Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
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louisak,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
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Hello,
The Western Digital Blue WD7500LPCX is a 750GB 5400RPM 2.5" HDD that is 7mm high. If you need more capacity, you will need to go with a 7mm high SSD, which are available in a capacity of 1TB.
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Hi,
This document should help you fix your problem: Error: Low Disk Space. You are running out of disk space on Recovery (Windows 8).
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