Title: large idb file
Last modified: May 26, 2020

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# large idb file

 *  Resolved [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/)
 * (@fprati)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-idb-file/)
 * Hello,
    I have noticed a large file ending with itsec_logs.ibd which keeps growing.
   What is that file and why is it external to the plugin table in the database?
   Can I purge it or get rid of it? In fact, it seems that each WordPress website
   running your plugin has a file of that kind, why?
 * Thank you for explaining.
    Regards

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 *  [nlpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nlpro/)
 * (@nlpro)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-idb-file/#post-12892527)
 * Where (what path) is that file located ?
 * .ibd files are generally part of MySQL…
 * To prevent any confusion, I’m not iThemes.
 *  Thread Starter [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/)
 * (@fprati)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-idb-file/#post-12893040)
 * They are inside /var/lib/mysql/ but definitely related to iThemes. Only the websites
   with the iThemes plugin have them.
    They seem binary files as I cannot see what’s
   inside.
 *  Thread Starter [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/)
 * (@fprati)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-idb-file/#post-12893119)
 * Oh well, I just learned that mysql created those files for each table in order
   to speed up things or something…

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