Auditing storage space consumption

guimaraes

In principle, I am fine with current Zotero's policy to charge those who use their servers to store above a certain amount of data (300 MB as of April 2020). However, users should be able to easily audit their data consumption. A simple "Windows Explorer"-like tool could suffice to sort stored files by size and allow users to delete the larger files or duplicated PDFs related to the same bibliographical reference, for instance. I am quite sure I could save some space right now - but how to identify the "big elephants in the room"? Could anyone share their experiences or provide me with some guidance on how to deal with this issue?
Thanks!

adamsmith

All files are in the storage folder in the Zotero in the Zotero data directory. You can use any standard disk space analyzer on that directory https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data

guimaraes

Thanks, Adam. Does it mean that deleting data stored locally will free up some Zotero space automatically?

dstillman

First, just to clarify, this is about files, not "data" — data syncing is unlimited.

To delete a large file you've identified, don't delete the file on disk. Copy the 8-character folder name into the Zotero search bar in All Fields & Tags mode in the root of your library, delete the attachment that comes up, and empty the trash.