{"id":1011,"date":"2021-11-30T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T15:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/11\/30\/5776151-how-to-check-the-number-of-inodes-and-disk-usage-per-directory-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:53:57","slug":"5776151-how-to-check-the-number-of-inodes-and-disk-usage-per-directory-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5776151-how-to-check-the-number-of-inodes-and-disk-usage-per-directory-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check the Number of Inodes and Disk Usage per Directory in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inodes represent the number of files and folders <\/b>you have in your hosting plan. Every hosting plan comes with a dedicated amount of storage space and inodes.<\/p>

To check the number of inodes within the whole hosting plan<\/b>, refer here: How to Check Resources Usage<\/a> 💡 <\/b><\/p>

Checking the Used Disk Space and the Number of Inodes per Directory<\/h2>

There are two options to quickly identify the used disk space and the number of inodes per each folder <\/b>(directory) in your hosting plan: using the file manager <\/b>or SSH<\/b> 👇<\/p>

Via the File Manager<\/h3>

To check the number of inodes and disk usage per folder in the file manager:<\/p>

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  1. \n

    Navigate to the Websites<\/a><\/b> section<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Click on Dashboard<\/strong> next to the website in question<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Search for File Manager <\/b>on the sidebar and click on it:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>

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    Open the folder the usage of which you wish to check (for example, public_html<\/b>), and click on Calculate directory sizes<\/b> in the top right corner:<\/p>

    \"The<\/div>

    In the Size<\/b> column, you’ll be presented with the size of each folder or file and the number of inodes within each folder:<\/p>

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    Alternatively, to see the number of inodes of a single directory, right-click on it, and select Info<\/b>:<\/p>

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    In the pop-up, click on Show<\/b> next to Size<\/b>, and you’ll be presented with the size of the folder and the number of inodes within.<\/p>

    Via SSH<\/h3>

    If you have a Premium Web hosting<\/b> plan or above, you may also check the number of inodes and disk usage per folder via SSH<\/b>:<\/p>

    1. Connect to your hosting plan via SSH<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>

    2. Make sure you are in the correct directory<\/b> (for example, public_html<\/b>). To do this, run the command ls<\/code>. If you’re in a different directory, use ls<\/code> and cd<\/code> commands one by one. Learn more: Basic SSH Commands That You Should Know About<\/a><\/b><\/p>

    For most sites, the path will look like this:<\/p>

    cd domains\r\ncd domain.tld\r\ncd public_html<\/code><\/pre>
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    Make sure to replace domain.tld<\/b> with your actual domain name 💡<\/p>\n<\/div>
    2. Once you’re in the correct directory, run these commands 👇<\/p>
    To check the number of inodes<\/b> (list sorted in descending order):<\/p>
    find . -printf \"%h\\n\" | cut -d\/ -f-2 | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn<\/pre>
    The result will look similar to this:<\/p>
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    To check disk usage <\/b>(list sorted in descending order):<\/p>
    du -shc * | sort -rh<\/code><\/pre>
    The result will look similar to this:<\/p>
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    Now you know how to check your inode count and disk usage in detail!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Checking the number of inodes, and disk usage per directory within a hosting plan at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inodes-and-disk-usage"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5776151-how-to-check-the-number-of-inodes-and-disk-usage-per-directory-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/5776151-como-revisar-el-uso-de-disco-e-inodos-por-directorio-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/5776151-comment-verifier-les-inodes-et-l-utilisation-du-disque-par-repertoire\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5776151-cara-cek-penggunaan-inode-dan-disk-direktori-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/5776151-kaip-patikrinti-plano-resursu-naudojimo-statistika-hostinger-platformoje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5776151-como-verificar-o-limite-inode-e-o-uso-de-disco-por-diretorio-no-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/5776151------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9432,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions\/9432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}