E-Mail: Clear space on your email accounts
Storing a large amount of email is the number 1 issue we see consuming disk space. Check over each email account to see how much email is being stored. A single email may not consume much disk space. Add up thousands to hundreds of thousands of emails and they cause a problem.
Remove any unused email accounts. Clean up the email accounts you still use. The best way to clean up email accounts is to set up the email using POP on your local computer using client such as Outlook or Apple Mail. Using POP you can download the emails to your local computer for storage. Once all of the emails are downloaded you can delete the emails from the server. When deleting emails, we recommend using Webmail. This is often accessed using YourDomain.com/webmail.
Website: Check for old files and content
Websites are often updated on a regular basis. Updates help keep the website current and secure. Updating websites can leave files or content that is no longer being used. Remove any files that are not actively used for the current website. You can download a backup or copy of the files to your local computer. Then you can delete them on your hosting account.
Removing old files and content serves a second purpose. Old and outdated content poses a security risk. These can be used by a hacker to find a vulnerability to hack the account and website(s).
Only keep the files and content you need for the active websites on your account. Your account will be more secure and will help free up disk space.
Upgrade Account: Purchase additional storage / bandwidth
You might want to consider upgrading the account to a larger hosting package. There are options that will include more disk space and resources to host websites and email accounts. Please contact our support team for additional information about upgrading your hosting package.
