---
title: "Free up space on your hosting"
url: "https://inleed.com/helpcenter/free-up-hosting-space"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-11-06"
category: "Web hosting"
type: "guide"
---

# Free up space on your hosting

Email, Installatron backups and old files fill up your hosting. Clean up before the space runs out, or the account is locked.

## Right guide?

- Would you rather have more space?  
  [Upgrade your hosting plan](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/upgrade-hosting)

## Before you start

- If the space runs out, the account is locked at the nightly check after midnight. Clean up before then.

## How to free up space

1. Log in to [DirectAdmin](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/log-in-to-directadmin). The start page shows how much space you use.

### A. Email

Large mailboxes are the most common cause.

2. Open **E-mail Manager › E-mail Accounts**.

   Under **Usage** you see how big each mailbox is.

3. Empty the trash and spam folders in [webmail](https://mail.inleed.com/), or delete old email.

### B. Installatron backups

They are stored on your hosting and take up space.

2. Open Installatron in DirectAdmin. Each installation shows how many backups it has.

3. Click **My Backups** and delete the backups you don’t need.

   Inleed takes its own backup every day, so you don’t need to keep many.

### C. Files

Old files, logs and copies.

2. Open **File Manager** and delete files you don’t need, such as old zip files and copies of the website.

3. Empty the trash in **File Manager**.

   Deleted files take up space until the trash is emptied.

## How to know it worked

More space is free, and the figure on the DirectAdmin start page has gone down.

**Waiting time:** The figure for used space updates once a day. It can take up to 24 hours before what you cleared shows.

## If something doesn’t work

### The account is already locked

**Why:** The space is full.

**What to do:** You can’t unlock the account yourself. Contact [support](mailto:support@inleed.se) or upgrade your plan.

[Upgrade your hosting plan](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/upgrade-hosting)

## Good to know

- You get a warning email when 70% of the space is used.
- Email and databases count towards the space too, not only the website’s files.
- Inleed’s daily backup takes up none of your space.

## Related guides

- [Upgrade your hosting plan](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/upgrade-hosting)
- [Turn off and delete Installatron backups](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/turn-off-installatron-backups)
- [My service is suspended](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/service-suspended)