How do I decrease my disk usage?

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Hello Lynna,

Thanks for your question about decreasing your disk usage.  This issue depends on the applications that you are using with your hosting account.  For instance, if you loaded a chat software, then it will eat up a lot of your disk space.  We would recommend not using that type of software, or use a more efficient version of the software if possible.  If you're not using an application that's eating up space, then you should first look to see how your disk usage is being used.  For shared servers you can see how to find your usage here. If you're using a VPS or Dedicated server, then please see this article. If you need more help or require assistance, then please contact our live technical support team. If you have access to the cPanel you can also enable the option for compressing your files.  This will help you save some disk space.  The other possibility that may be causing you to use a lot of space are your emails.  If you have many email users or if you're saving emails with large attachments, then you may need to archive those emails to keep them from occupying your hard drive space.  I hope that helps to answer your question! If you require further assistance please let us know!

Regards,
Arnel C.