Manjaro running out of space rapidly

This can happen if journals are not limited to a max size. Vacuum the storage

sudo journalctl --vacuum-size=50M

You can limit the storage size by editing the file /etc/systemd/journald.conf and set the maximum log size

SystemMaxUse=50M

It can also happen your pacman cache is filling up. For the pacman cache you can clean it up using e.g.

sudo paccache -ruk0

Or you can use pacman to clean it

sudo pacman -Scc
SYNC OPTIONS (APPLY TO -S)
       -c, --clean
           Remove packages that are no longer installed from the cache as well
           as currently unused sync databases to free up disk space. When
           pacman downloads packages, it saves them in a cache directory. In
           addition, databases are saved for every sync DB you download from
           and are not deleted even if they are removed from the configuration
           file pacman.conf(5). Use one --clean switch to only remove packages
           that are no longer installed; use two to remove all files from the
           cache. In both cases, you will have a yes or no option to remove
           packages and/or unused downloaded databases.

           If you use a network shared cache, see the CleanMethod option in
           pacman.conf(5).

I can also be something in your home folder filling up - most likely your Downloads folder

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