Title: Huge Backups
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Huge Backups

 *  [Cassie Beyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassienbeyer/)
 * (@cassienbeyer)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/)
 * My complete backups are now 90MB, and my site just isn’t that big. Are there 
   specific things/places to look for in figuring out why a backup is so big? Are
   there ways of cutting it down? It’s exceeding my disk space.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062688)
 * satrt with:
    – optimize database – delete revisions
 * some plugins:
    [http://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/)
   [http://wordpress.org/plugins/better-delete-revision/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/better-delete-revision/)
 *  Thread Starter [Cassie Beyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassienbeyer/)
 * (@cassienbeyer)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062691)
 * my database is only 9MB.
 * I’ll definitely look at the second.
 *  Thread Starter [Cassie Beyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassienbeyer/)
 * (@cassienbeyer)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062693)
 * Actually, its stated at Better Delete Revision to not use that plugin at the 
   moment as it break things. They’re working on a new version.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062708)
 * If you want to use MySQL to cleanup tables instead of a plugin, try this quiry:
 *     ```
       DELETE
       FROM wp_posts
       WHERE post_type = 'revision';
       ```
   
 * – **BTW, if you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your
   database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.
   It’s a great safety net.**
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062753)
 * Another good place to check is in your cPanel’s Disk Space Usage.
    The upper 
   panel shows a breakdown by database/mail/public_html(site) etc. In the lower 
   panel you can navigate down into the site folders and see which ones are taking
   up the most space.
 *  Thread Starter [Cassie Beyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassienbeyer/)
 * (@cassienbeyer)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062754)
 * I’m sorry, I don’t know what that is. Can you explain?
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062757)
 * Access to your cPanel should be provided by your host: url + user name + password.
   Think of the cPanel as another way of accessing the files that you use on your
   site, without going through your WordPress dashboard.
 * Here is a useful video: [http://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/viewing-your-disk-space-usage](http://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/viewing-your-disk-space-usage)
 *  Thread Starter [Cassie Beyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassienbeyer/)
 * (@cassienbeyer)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062758)
 * The dashboard I have through my host looks nothing like the tutorial, and I can’t
   find anything that measures disk space usage.
 * And I don’t understand “url + user name + password”
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-backups-1/#post-5062768)
 * The cPanel is like your site’s filing cabinet, where all the files that are needed
   to run your website are stored. The WordPress dashboard lets you navigate through
   many of these files with a user friendly feel. They are two different places 
   to access and work on your site, with the WordPress dashboard being the more 
   familiar and easier option for most tasks.
 * To access your cPanel, you would use a different web address to your WordPress
   dashboard (Your hosting company can give you the details: the cPanel’s www. web
   address + the username + the password.
 * Or, you could try installing this plugin and accessing the same disc space usage
   information from your WordPress dashboard: [http://wordpress.org/plugins/hosting-monitor/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/hosting-monitor/)

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 * [backups](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/backups/)
 * [large files](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/large-files/)

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