{"id":42737,"date":"2019-05-29T10:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=42737"},"modified":"2021-11-19T01:32:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:32:55","slug":"how-to-view-disk-usage-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-view-disk-usage-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to View Disk Usage in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know what is taking up space on your server? Luckily, your cPanel includes a tool for easily reviewing disk usage. In this tutorial, we will show you how to <strong>view disk usage<\/strong> in cPanel. This can help you locate and remove old, unwanted files and save disk space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\">Note that cPanel creation is no longer unlimited. For more information, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-pricing-structure\/\">cPanel Pricing Changes<\/a>. You can see the pricing that now applies to cPanel licenses. To learn more about the change, please see our <a href=\" https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel-edu\/cpanel-pricing-changes-faq\">FAQ on cPanel Pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"view\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Viewing Disk Usage<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/access-cpanel-via-whm\/\">Log into your cPanel<\/a>.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/cpanel-disk-usage.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss alignnone\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/cpanel-disk-usage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"352\"><\/a>To the right of the page you will see a <em>Statistics<\/em> section. Click the <b>Disk Usage<\/b>.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/disk-usage-by-location.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss alignnone\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/disk-usage-by-location.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"813\"><\/a>You will then see file locations with <em>Size<\/em> and <em>Disk usage<\/em> listed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/view-of-disk-usage.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss alignnone\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/view-of-disk-usage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"878\"><\/a>Scroll down to see how much space the folder contents take up.<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/sort-directories.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss alignnone\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/view-disk-usage\/sort-directories.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"449\"><\/a>Click the available buttons to sort the directories by <b>Name<\/b> or <b>Disk Usage<\/b>.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulation, now you know how to view your disk usage in cPanel!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know what is taking up space on your server? 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