UW-Madison Box - Manage Account Storage Usage
This document provides recommendations on how to manage your account's storage usage.
Manage Storage
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Check account storage usage
- View your account's storage usage.
- View a project directory’s storage usage.
- Learn what data is counted towards your storage usage.
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Delete unwanted folders/files
Before deleting folders/files, please keep the following in mind:
- Review the University Record Retention Policy to ensure you comply with the university’s legal and compliance record keeping requirements.
- Make sure there are no resources referencing or pointing to the folders/files you are going to delete (ex: shared links published on a website).
- Links to deleted folders will break access and will no longer be accessible.
How to decide which folders/files to delete:
- View folders/files that you own and look for older folders that have not been modified recently.
- Filter folders based on the “size” and/or “date modified” options to view the largest folders when they were last modified. Learn more about search filters.
- View the size of individual folders.
- Verify your collaboration role before deleting a folder.
- Do not delete folders that you do not own. Check with the Owner first.
Important Note for Accounts with Full Storage Usage
If your UW-Madison Box account's storage usage is full and you do not delete files/folders, you will not be able to create or upload new folders/files.
You will continue to have access to shared folders/files.
Request Additional Storage
If you have questions about your UW-Madison Box account’s storage usage or if you need additional storage, please see UW-Madison Box - Storage and Quota Information.