The Disk Usage page shows where your space goes, in a live, expandable tree. It scans your home folder (e.g., /home/<user>) and totals each folder’s size so you can find and clean up the biggest culprits fast.

Who can use this

The signed-in account owner. Sizes reflect files under your home directory only.

Before you start

• First load may take a while on large accounts — you’ll see a spinner during calculation.
• Hidden items (like .cache, .npm) are included.
• Symlinks are shown as (symlink) and counted as 0.00 MB to avoid double-counting.
• Snapshot/system folders may be ignored (e.g., .snapshot paths).

What you see

• A tree view that opens on your home folder.
• Each row shows the folder/file size (MB or GB) → then the name.
• A right-arrow icon indicates the path being summarized.

How to use it

1) Wait for the spinner to finish; the root node appears automatically.
2) Click a folder to expand it; sizes are calculated lazily when you open a level.
3) Drill down until you spot the largest directories; note their paths.
4) To remove or move files, use File Manager (or FTP/Terminal), then return here and refresh the page to recalc sizes.

Where to look first (common space hogs)

• public_html/wp-content/cache (site caches) · public_html/error_log (PHP logs)
• backups / zip archives · node_modules / vendor
• .local/share, .cache, .npm, .composer
• Mail folders if you host mail here (large attachments).

Interpreting sizes

• Sizes are totals of contained files (recursive).
• If a folder shows 0.00 MB and “(symlink)”, the real data lives elsewhere and isn’t counted here.
• Numbers are point-in-time; after changes, refresh to recompute.

Tips & good practice

• Clear plugin/theme caches regularly; rotate or compress logs.
• Keep heavy backups off-account (remote storage) and prune old archives.
• Don’t store build artefacts (node_modules, vendor) in production if you can rebuild on deploy.

Troubleshooting

• Spinner never completes: your tree is very large; try expanding gradually or check server load later.
• A folder won’t open: you may lack permission or the path no longer exists.
• Size looks “wrong”: delete/move files in File Manager, then refresh this page to recalc.