cPanel Other Disk Usage

The cPanel Disk Usage utility can report "Other Usage" and it may not be apparent what these files are, or where they are. Two common types of miscellaneous files are items in trash folders and items outside of a user's home directory but owned by that user.

This article will explain how to determine this Other Usage on VPS+ as well as Shared servers.

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Other Usage On Shared Servers

TIP: Refer to the cPanel documentation for further information.

1. SSH into the server
2. Run the following command
   for i in $(find /home -iname .trash); do du -sh $i; done;
   TIP: This will loop and output trash directory sizes for users in /home.

Other Usage On VPS+ as Root

NOTE: This option is not available on shared plans. Please reach out to support for further assistance.

1. SSH into the server as root
2. Run the following command
   find / -user userna5 -size +1G | xargs du -sh
   REPLACE: Change userna5 to the appropriate cPanel username.
   TIP: This script will find all files larger than 1G owned by a user and pipe through du to show their sizes.
   NOTE: In this command, it is useful to limit the size of files returned by find to reduce screen flooding. There may be defunct or "not found" processes in the output. Those can be ignored.