Overview
If your hosting account is nearing its disk limit, your website may experience slow performance or become unavailable. This guide explains how to safely free up space.
1. Delete old backups
Go to:
File Manager → backups/
Remove old:
- .zip
- .tar.gz
- .sql
2. Clean WordPress temporary files
- Clear LiteSpeed Cache
- Delete old themes
- Remove unused plugins
- Delete media duplicates
3. Clear /tmp folder
In DirectAdmin File Manager:
/home/username/tmp/
4. Remove error logs
Check:
/domains/yourdomain.com/logs/
Delete large .log files.
5. Clean email folders
- Empty Trash
- Empty Spam folder
- Delete large attachments
6. Delete staging copies or old sites
Remove unused folders inside public_html.
7. Use SSH for deeper cleanup (optional)
du -sh * | sort -h
Warnings
- Never delete system files
- Always keep at least one backup
- Do not delete wp-content/uploads unless you know what you're doing
