title: How to reduce the number of items in the TFS workspace
body: <p>I get the following, </p>
  
  <pre><code>TF401190: The local workspace XXXXXX;XXXXXX has 353943 items in it, 
  which exceeds the recommended limit of 100000 items. To improve 
  performance, either reduce the number of items in the workspace, 
  or convert the workspace to a server workspace.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but how to reduce the number of items in the workspace? </p>
  
  <p>I've consulted the following articles but still a bit loss. </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/phkelley/2013/05/28/server-workspaces-vs-local-workspaces/" rel="noreferrer">https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/phkelley/2013/05/28/server-workspaces-vs-local-workspaces/</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://mattyrowan.com/2014/07/21/tfs-local-workspace-limit/" rel="noreferrer">https://mattyrowan.com/2014/07/21/tfs-local-workspace-limit/</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/tfvc/optimize-your-workspace?view=vsts" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/tfvc/optimize-your-workspace?view=vsts</a></li>
  </ul>