# Would it be worth resizing uploaded images (to save space)?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 22, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-it-be-worth-resizing-uploaded-images-to-save-space/51901 "2016-10-22T18:35:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-it-be-worth-resizing-uploaded-images-to-save-space/51901/1 "2016-10-22T18:35:42Z")

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My backup is getting bigger and bigger, and the bulk of it is uploaded images.

Most of the images posted on the forum are of things like screengrabs or other images where the highest quality is not critical. Really large images are rarely needed too (users are often lazy and don’t always resize before uploading).

Anyone else think we need some sort of option when it comes to the size of uploaded images? Perhaps we can set dimensions in the ACP and images are resized and at a quality level we specify?

Or maybe some way to backup images and forum data separately?

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