1. Check Installed Kernels
rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-279.5.2.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64
2. Delete / Remove Old Kernels
## Install yum-utils ##
## Fedora 25/24/23/22 ##
dnf install yum-utils
## Fedora 21/20/19/18/17/16, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL) ##
yum install yum-utils
## Package-cleanup set count as how many old kernels you want left ##
package-cleanup –oldkernels –count=2
3. Make Amount of Installed Kernels Permanent
Edit /etc/yum.conf or /etc/dnf/dnf.conf and set installonly_limit:
installonly_limit=2