# HUGE Database and growing

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/huge-database-and-growing/680988>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/huge-database-and-growing/680988 "2021-01-21T22:08:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lyman-DeKoquonut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/lyman-dekoquonut/32/173319_2.png) [@Lyman-DeKoquonut](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Lyman-DeKoquonut)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/huge-database-and-growing/680988/1 "2021-01-21T22:08:45Z")

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Server Version#: 4.50.1

My C: drive is getting full and there is nothing on it except windows 10, a few simple utilities and PLEX. After doing a thorough disk cleaning I found this folder was the space hog:

 ![PMS](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/a/d/ad931d0cd009217fab9c30eb399f91890794bd4a.jpeg)

I have about 1500 movies, 800 TV episodes, 10000 music files and 10000 photos - so a lot of media, but I don’t recall my primary drive being this full until recently.

Empty Trash, Optimize Database and Clean Bundles makes no difference.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/huge-database-and-growing/680988/2 "2021-01-21T22:25:52Z")

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Here you go

> **[Why is my Plex Media Server directory so large? | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202529153-why-is-my-plex-media-server-directory-so-large/)**
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> The Plex Media Server data directory contains nearly all the information about your server installation. This includes the database file...

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**Author:** ![Lyman-DeKoquonut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/lyman-dekoquonut/32/173319_2.png) [@Lyman-DeKoquonut](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Lyman-DeKoquonut)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/huge-database-and-growing/680988/3 "2021-03-12T16:18:03Z")

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It was the video preview thumbnails. Crazy huge date, deleted them and have lots of room now. Never say any of the thumbnails anyway.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/huge-database-and-growing/680988/4 "2021-06-10T16:18:05Z")

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