# ibdata1 file size

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**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/ibdata1-file-size/218 "2007-02-27T11:07:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![vrkris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@vrkris](https://forums.percona.com/u/vrkris)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/ibdata1-file-size/218/1 "2007-02-27T11:07:15Z")

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Hi,

I have configured an Innodb whose ibdata1 file size has grown to about a 100G but when I purged about 90% of the table data the ibdata1 file size still remained the same. Am I missing something here or is the tablespace designed that way? Any tips to help me reduce the ibdata1 file size please.

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**Author:** ![aronrosenberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@aronrosenberg](https://forums.percona.com/u/aronrosenberg)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/ibdata1-file-size/218/2 "2007-02-27T12:48:03Z")

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The InnoDB table space file will never get smaller even if you purge data.