High disk usage can break uploads, stop backups, fill mailboxes, and make routine website work harder. On TekLan shared hosting, start with Enhance because it shows account usage and gives you access to the files, mailboxes, databases, and backups that usually consume space.
Check Package Usage
- Log in to web.teklanhosting.co.uk.
- Open the account dashboard.
- Check the package usage summary for disk, bandwidth, email, and website limits.
- Open Packages from the left sidebar if you need the subscription view.
This tells you whether the whole hosting account is close to its storage limit. If the account is close to full, check individual websites next.
Check Website Files
- Click the website in Enhance.
- Open Files.
- Use the file manager to inspect large folders such as uploads, backups, cache, logs, and old migration copies.
For WordPress sites, common space users include wp-content/uploads, backup plugin folders, cache folders, and old staging copies.
Check Mailboxes
Mail can quietly consume storage, especially if large attachments are left on the server. In Enhance, open the website and go to Emails. Review mailbox use and remove mail that no longer needs to be stored.
If a mailbox forwards to another address and does not need to keep a local copy, review the mailbox setup rather than letting duplicate mail build up.
Check Backups
Backups are essential, but old manual backups can be large. In Enhance, open the website and go to Backups. Keep the backups you need for rollback and remove old one-off archives that are no longer useful.
Do not delete backups blindly while troubleshooting a broken site. If there is any chance you need a restore point, download or keep the relevant backup first.
Check Databases
Databases can grow because of logs, sessions, transients, analytics tables, old orders, or plugin data. Open Databases in Enhance and use phpMyAdmin to review table sizes.
For WordPress, large tables often come from post revisions, action scheduler logs, security logs, analytics plugins, or abandoned plugin tables. Take a database backup before deleting or optimising anything.
What to Remove First
- Old zip files left after migrations.
- Duplicate backup archives stored inside the website directory.
- Unused staging copies.
- Cache folders that can be regenerated.
- Old media files that are not used anywhere.
- Unneeded mailbox attachments.
What Not to Remove Blindly
- Application configuration files.
- Database files managed by the server.
- Current backups before you know the site is healthy.
- WordPress plugin folders unless you are removing the plugin properly.
- Files you do not recognise on a live business site.
Related TekLan Guides
Use Using the File Manager in Enhance, Backups and Restores in Enhance, and Creating and Managing Databases in Enhance for the detailed panel steps.
