{"id":1446,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583491-why-does-the-number-of-inodes-stay-the-same-after-removing-files-or-folders-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:13:57","slug":"1583491-why-does-the-number-of-inodes-stay-the-same-after-removing-files-or-folders-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583491-why-does-the-number-of-inodes-stay-the-same-after-removing-files-or-folders-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does the Number of Inodes Stay the Same After Removing Files or Folders in Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">After deleting files or folders, you can check your hosting plan&rsquo;s <b>latest inode count <\/b>by navigating to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> &rarr; Dashboard<\/b>, and searching for <b>Resources Usage<\/b> on the left sidebar:<br>&#8203;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/d6382423-5da4-46e3-8180-de449fc6e8a3.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">On the <b><a href=\"\/support\/2436138-how-to-check-resources-usage\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Resources Usage<\/a><\/b> page, the chart on the right illustrates the current amount of inodes:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/5f042efb-1752-4dc3-8c79-a469f216d782.jpg\" alt=\"The chart of inodes in the Resources Usage section\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If the number of inodes stays the same after removing some files or folders, click on <b>Recalculate usage<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/5903b608-9754-40ca-a53c-0d4c6994638e.jpg\" alt=\"The option to recalculate the resources usage\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, you can check the inode count <b>per each directory <\/b>using the <b><a href=\"\/support\/5776151-how-to-check-the-number-of-inodes-and-disk-usage-per-directory\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">File Manager or SSH<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">As your project expands, you can consider <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583459-how-can-i-upgrade-my-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">upgrading your hosting plan<\/a><\/b> for an increased inode limit &#128640;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what to do if the number of inodes doesn&#8217;t change after deleting files or folders<\/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-1446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inodes-and-disk-usage"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583491-why-does-the-number-of-inodes-stay-the-same-after-removing-files-or-folders-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583491-por-que-el-numero-de-inodos-permanece-sin-cambios-despues-de-eliminar-archivos-o-carpetas-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583491-pourquoi-le-nombre-d-inodes-reste-t-il-inchange-apres-la-suppression-de-fichiers-dossiers\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583491-mengapa-jumlah-inode-tetap-tidak-berubah-meskipun-file-atau-folder-sudah-dihapus-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583491-por-que-o-numero-de-inodes-permanece-inalterado-apos-a-remocao-de-arquivos-ou-pastas-no-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583491-----\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446","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=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5150,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions\/5150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}