Managing Disk Space

Keep your hosting account running smoothly by managing disk usage.

Check Current Usage

• cPanel: See disk usage on the right sidebar or go to Disk Usage
• DirectAdmin: Check Account Manager → Domain Usage

Common Space Consumers

1. Email accounts — Old emails with attachments
2. Backups — Old backup files left in the account
3. Logs — Access and error logs growing over time
4. Trash/Junk — Deleted files still in trash
5. Database — Large or unoptimized databases

Freeing Up Space

Clean Email

• Delete old emails with large attachments
• Empty Trash and Junk folders
• Set up auto-purge for trash (30 days)

Remove Old Backups

• Delete manual backups from /home/username/
• Old cPanel backups often end in .tar.gz

Clean Logs

• In cPanel → Metrics → Raw Access → delete or archive old logs
• Disable raw log archiving if not needed

Optimize Databases

• In phpMyAdmin → Select database → Check all tables → Optimize
• Remove unused tables or data

Find Large Files

Via SSH:

du -sh /home/username/* | sort -rh | head -20
find /home/username -size +50M -type f

Upgrading

If you consistently need more space, consider upgrading your hosting plan through your dashboard.