# How to reduce database size

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 27, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reduce-database-size/110204 "2019-02-27T03:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reduce-database-size/110204/6 "2019-02-27T05:05:15Z")

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But uploads aren’t stored in the DB, and on the op you talk about

> [@WorldIsMine](#):
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> I wanted to slim down the DB

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