# After migration, backup takes 4 x more

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-migration-backup-takes-4-x-more/144305>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [March 14, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-migration-backup-takes-4-x-more/144305 "2020-03-14T11:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![eextra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eextra/32/170266_2.png) [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-migration-backup-takes-4-x-more/144305/1 "2020-03-14T11:26:24Z")

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I restored the images by hand - I copied them from the old hosting. And everything works but there is a problem with backup now it takes 4x more GB with the same settings.

Any way to clear all unnecessary files ?

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