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aliases:
  - Obsidian Sync/Remote vault size limit
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The amount of data you can store using [[Introduction to Obsidian Sync|Obsidian Sync]] is defined by your subscription plan. Additional Sync storage can be purchased up to 100 GB via your [account dashboard](https://obsidian.md/account). See [[Sync limitations]] for more details.

There is a single account-wide storage limit for all notes across your vaults. [[Version history]] and [[attachments]] are also counted towards your account's storage limit.

When you reach your account's storage limit, the Sync plugin will cease syncing files, and you will be prompted to prune your remote vault(s).

## Identify and delete large files

To identify and delete large files from the vault:

1. Open **Settings → Sync**.
2. Select **View largest files** next to **Vault size over limit**. 
	1. If you don’t see **Vault size over limit**, it means ==you haven’t hit the size limit== yet.
3. Close the **View largest files** modal.
4. Delete some of the large files you no longer need.
5. Wait for Obsidian sync to finish the task. This can take a while.
6. Open **Settings → Sync**.
7. Select **Prune** next to **Vault size over limit**. This will remove the deleted files from the remote vault to free up space.

After the prune syncs to the server, Obsidian Sync should resume functioning.

## Create a new remote vault

You can **create a new remote vault** to exclude large files before syncing. The version history for your files will be reset if you create a new remote vault. Please be sure that you don’t need version history for older files before proceeding.

To sync to a new remote vault, follow these steps:

1. Open **Settings → Sync**.
2. Select **Manage** next to **Remote vault**.
3. Choose **Create new vault** and follow the steps to create it. If you run out of vaults, you might need to disconnect from the current remote vault and delete it first.
4. Set up excluded files before you start syncing to the new remote vault (optional).
5. Start syncing to the new remote vault.

The new remote vault should be smaller than the previous vault, because of the absence of version history and excluded files.