diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
index abd01b3ae..c492a71a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -245,13 +238,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -304,13 +290,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -358,13 +337,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -418,13 +390,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -471,13 +436,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -530,13 +488,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -610,13 +561,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -666,13 +610,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -725,13 +662,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -796,13 +726,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -854,13 +777,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -922,13 +838,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -1011,13 +920,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -1080,13 +982,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -1141,13 +1036,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
@@ -1405,13 +1293,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: run RGW multisite test
         uses: ./.github/workflows/rgw-multisite-test
         with:
@@ -1440,13 +1321,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: run encryption KMS IBM Key Protect
         uses: ./.github/workflows/encryption-pvc-kms-ibm-kp
         if: "env.IBM_KP_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID != '' && env.IBM_KP_SERVICE_API_KEY != ''"
@@ -1482,13 +1356,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
@@ -1569,13 +1436,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/canary-test-config
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml
index 46b3f7952..0cb3a044d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    - name: manually remove gcloud
+      shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
+      run: |
+        tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh remove_gcloud_in_runner
+
+    - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
+      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+      with:
+        # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
+        # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
+        tool-cache: true
+        large-packages: false
+
     - name: setup golang
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml
index 6a847b3b6..39f0f5f63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    - name: manually remove gcloud
+      shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
+      run: |
+        tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh remove_gcloud_in_runner
+
+    - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
+      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+      with:
+        # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
+        # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
+        tool-cache: true
+        large-packages: false
+
     - name: setup golang
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-helm-suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-helm-suite.yaml
index b680cb2bf..4d4e45d17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-helm-suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-helm-suite.yaml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup latest cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-mgr-suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-mgr-suite.yaml
index ec9368174..c0ba813cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-mgr-suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-mgr-suite.yaml
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
 
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-multi-cluster-suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-multi-cluster-suite.yaml
index 27df1a3b0..3eb982822 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-multi-cluster-suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-multi-cluster-suite.yaml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-object-suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-object-suite.yaml
index abf9e8d1c..33fda393a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-object-suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-object-suite.yaml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup latest cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-smoke-suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-smoke-suite.yaml
index e2dedc8a5..ac6dfe2d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-smoke-suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-smoke-suite.yaml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-upgrade-suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-upgrade-suite.yaml
index cffc6a8ce..4705a0053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-upgrade-suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-upgrade-suite.yaml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s
         with:
@@ -86,13 +79,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
 
-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-          tool-cache: true
-
       - name: setup cluster resources
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s
         with:
diff --git a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
index df18e23c1..9f374e297 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
@@ -652,6 +652,26 @@ function test_csi_nfs_workload {
   kubectl exec -t pod/csinfs-demo-pod -- ls -alh /var/lib/www/html/
 }
 
+function remove_gcloud_in_runner() {
+  gcloud_sdk_root=$(gcloud info --format='value(installation.sdk_root)')
+  gcloud_global_config=$(gcloud info --format='value(config.paths.global_config_dir)')
+
+  echo "will remove directory : $gcloud_sdk_root"
+  echo "will remove directory : $gcloud_global_config"
+
+  sudo rm -fr "$gcloud_sdk_root"
+  sudo rm -fr "$gcloud_global_config"
+
+  sudo apt-get remove -y '^dotnet-.*'
+  sudo apt-get remove -y '^llvm-.*'
+  sudo apt-get remove -y 'php.*'
+  sudo apt-get remove -y '^mongodb-.*'
+  sudo apt-get remove -y '^mysql-.*'
+  sudo apt-get remove -y azure-cli google-chrome-stable firefox powershell mono-devel libgl1-mesa-dri
+  sudo apt-get autoremove -y
+  sudo apt-get clean
+}
+
 function install_minikube_with_none_driver() {
   CRICTL_VERSION="v1.26.0"
   MINIKUBE_VERSION="v1.29.0"