# How large should the Plex directory be?
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-qnap
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557 "2020-06-04T08:49:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@JCHH](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JCHH)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557/1 "2020-06-04T08:49:24Z")
Hi all,
In trying to understand why my Plex server freezes (requiring a restart to fix) I noticed that my directory sizes are as follows:
\Cache 792MB
\Plug-in Support\Caches 45MB
\Plug-in Support\Data 478MB
\Plug-in Support\Databases 1.55GB
All others are \<50MB, Is this normal?
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### Author:  [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557/2 "2020-06-04T08:51:12Z")
Scan
Empty Trash \<—if you have cans - look in them.
Clean Bundles
Optimize Database
I think that makes you as good - and small - as you can be.
Your Agent/Plugin Cache can be hosed down (to be recreated - cleaner perhaps).
Clear them out - periodically:
> **[Clearing Plugin/Channel/Agent HTTP Caches | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202967376-clearing-plugin-channel-agent-http-caches/)**
>
> Various components of your Plex Media Server will cache HTTP requests sometimes. These can include plugins and metadata agents as...
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### Author:  [@JCHH](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JCHH)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557/3 "2020-06-04T08:54:07Z")
cheers - will give that a shot.
…what are cans?
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### Author:  [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557/4 "2020-06-04T08:55:20Z")
If you’ve never seen an Orange Trash can.
Don’t worry about it.
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### Author:  [@JCHH](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JCHH)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557/5 "2020-06-04T08:58:52Z")
thanks - the trash/clean/optimise made no difference.
Funny that they put optimise before clean in their menu (so the menu is out of sequence) 🙂
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### Author:  [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557/6 "2020-06-04T09:02:55Z")
Now you’re using ‘User Logic’
Quit it.
Dumping the agent caches and plugin caches is a good idea - and why isn’t that in scheduled maintenance? User Logic Again - I’ll Quit It.
There are more files in there than grains of sand on every beach in Florida - so it may take a while - and why you might want to do that - periodically.
(and since Plex has to be down when that happens - probably why it’s not in scheduled maintenance - score one for User Logic)
Since there are no Giant Orange Warning Labels on the Agent Dump Support Pages - and since I don’t know the first thing about a Q-Nap - we’ll assume it’s pretty straight forward. I will, at least. And hope you don’t blow up something important…lol
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-large-should-the-plex-directory-be/599557/7 "2020-09-02T09:13:03Z")
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