# File content/size cleanup **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [April 5, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807 "2023-04-05T19:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cimek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cimek](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Cimek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/1 "2023-04-05T19:53:35Z")
Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to add a sort of a file cleanup system, because files can get quite big (espetially while the setting “Save results in .pmx files" is set to “Yes”). I was thinking about a window that would tell you how much space in a file is used for stored results (posibly split into all the analysis that are stored, not just the total), file history, meshes and model setup. From there you could select and delete some parts (or maybe split the results into separate files). I got some quite big and slow files because as I usually just replace the geometry (using “Regenerate using other files” or just deleting the geometry and importing a newer version) in the same analysis as I make changes to the geometry, so that I don’t have to manualy rebuild the model every time. Then I usually add or rename the analysis so that I don’t overwrite the previous results. Maybe as a second request I would add some direct modeling comands such as move face and delete face, that could acomodate simple geometry changes, but I gues that is not high on the priority list. ---
**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/2 "2023-04-11T06:06:45Z")
The results mostly impact the size of the file. They are much larger than the mesh, while the geometry only takes a small portion of the size. The problem with reporting how much data is contained in different parts of the model is that data is compressed when written to the file, and compression is not always constant. If you do not need some result outputs like strains, reaction forces or Error indicators, you can remove them by deleting them from the results tree. That will reduce the file size. ---
**Author:** ![Cimek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cimek](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Cimek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/3 "2023-04-11T06:36:01Z")
Thanks for the reply, I will try deleting those results then. ---
**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/4 "2023-04-11T06:59:40Z")
You can even delete the individual components of the field outputs. ---
**Author:** ![Brezinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Brezinger](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Brezinger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/5 "2025-06-25T15:59:52Z")
Hi, I accidentally deleted a field output variable. However, when I re-run the analysis, the same field output variable is deleted again. How can I prevent this? Thank! ---
**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/6 "2025-06-25T16:35:10Z")
Click Edit → Edit History, look for “Remove result field output components” in blue, select it by clicking the empty cell on the left and press Delete. Then click OK, confirm the warning and reopen the results. ---
**Author:** ![Brezinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Brezinger](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Brezinger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/7 "2025-06-25T17:30:34Z")
Thank you! That helped ---
**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/8 "2025-06-25T17:48:46Z")
Hm, I obviously did not think about such problems. ---
**Author:** ![NiallDarwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NiallDarwin](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/NiallDarwin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/9 "2025-06-28T10:34:09Z")
That worked thank you. I had to regenerate the history also. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/file-content-size-cleanup/807/10 "2026-02-10T22:16:25Z")
Thanks for this information. It was very helpful.