# Discourse disk space limits per user?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [6 juni 2018 om 17:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273 "2018-06-06T17:25:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Tepbutler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tepbutler)
#### Post date: [6 juni 2018 om 17:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/1 "2018-06-06T17:25:14Z")
Guys,
I would like to know if there is a page which describes all available limits supported by discourse forum, i.e max messages/ per day, max uploads/per day etc.
Especially I would like to know if there is a disk space limit per user. Otherwise user can just register and start to use forum as a personal ‘second dropbox’.
Thanks for your hard work, discourse team! You’re amazing.
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [6 juni 2018 om 18:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/2 "2018-06-06T18:33:06Z")
Check out this topic (note that the figures given there are the defaults. Site admins may have modified them in any particular discourse instance):
> **[Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/)**
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> The user trust system is a fundamental cornerstone of Discourse. Trust levels are a way of…
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### Author:  [@Tepbutler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tepbutler)
#### Post date: [6 juni 2018 om 19:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/3 "2018-06-06T19:45:57Z")
Thanks for the link, but as I see there are not limits on upload/download mega/giga-bytes per user.
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [6 juni 2018 om 19:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/5 "2018-06-06T19:48:51Z")
This is something I’ve also pondered.
There’s no inherent limits on this kind of thing, but you could do [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-plugin/32566) queries on uploaded content and analysis on the web server logs (you can have them capture the logged-in username) to watch for abuse if you’re concerned about it.
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### Author:  [@Tepbutler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tepbutler)
#### Post date: [6 juni 2018 om 19:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/6 "2018-06-06T19:59:37Z")
[Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) queries..hm, could you please give me a link so I could read a bit more about it.
Maybe you are talking about [Prometheus Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prometheus-exporter-plugin-for-discourse/72666)?
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [6 juni 2018 om 20:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/7 "2018-06-06T20:00:24Z")
This plugin here:
> [@Discourse Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-plugin/32566):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) allows you to make SQL queries against your live database, allowing for up-to-the-minute stats reporting.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.information_source If you’re looking for examples or support for any custom queries, you can find lots of topics in our #Data & reporting category under the #sql-query tag. If there’s not one to suit your pa…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [7 juni 2018 om 01:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/8 "2018-06-07T01:34:44Z")
> [@Tepbutler](#):
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> there are not limits on upload/download mega/giga-bytes per user.
There are not, but I know @meglio has struggled with users who upload tons and tons of images in private messages. So it is an area we could probably do more work in.
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### Author:  [@yhmtsai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yhmtsai)
#### Post date: [5 september 2021 om 21:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/9 "2021-09-05T21:33:02Z")
Is there any update on this topic?
My forum does not face this issue yet actually.
but it will be great if we have someway to limit the user upload or disable them put image in private message
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### Author:  [@jserre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jserre)
#### Post date: [10 februari 2024 om 11:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/10 "2024-02-10T11:16:46Z")
Hi there!
Any update on this user upload limitation feature?
We see some users doing massive uploads and it’s gonna cost us an arm if we don’t place limits very soon.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [10 februari 2024 om 20:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-disk-space-limits-per-user/89273/11 "2024-02-10T20:44:33Z")
Wouldn’t that use case be covered by your global upload size limit?