{"id":1030,"date":"2026-02-14T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=1030"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:42","slug":"check-disk-usage","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/check-disk-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Disk Usage in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-disk-usage-main.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-disk-usage-main.png\" alt=\"Disk Usage screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>View Disk Usage<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; Disk Usage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Review the summary at the top of the page.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Scroll down to see folders listed by size.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Click a folder name to open it in File Manager.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Find Large Folders<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; Disk Usage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Scroll to the folder list.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Disk Usage<\/strong> to sort by size if the option is available.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Check large folders such as <code>public_html<\/code>, email folders, backups, and temporary files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Disk Usage helps you find what is using storage, but it does not delete files.<\/li>\n<li>Use File Manager, Email Disk Usage, or backups cleanup to remove unwanted files.<\/li>\n<li>Be careful before deleting anything inside website or email folders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View Disk Usage Go to Files &gt; Disk Usage. Review the summary at the top of the page. Scroll down to see folders listed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[17],"class_list":["post-1030","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-files"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1030\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}