{"id":1596,"date":"2022-09-07T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2022-09-21T08:56:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:56:13","slug":"forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-usage-directly-from-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-usage-directly-from-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Forcefully refreshing disk space usage directly from cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If user disk space usage is reflected incorrectly  or not updating in cPanel, there is a way to force refresh the disk quota of cPanel directly from cPanel dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be able to remedy this by refreshing the cPanel cache for this user. This can be done by removing the <em>\/home\/username\/.cpanel\/datastore<\/em> directory, which will be recreated upon the next access of that account&#8217;s cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps-585x329.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Forcefully-refreshing-disk-space-cpanel-steps.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>========<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Login to cpanel->file manager -> ensure show hidden file is enabled.<\/li><li>Go to \/home\/username\/.cpanel<\/li><li>Rename datastore\/ to something else<\/li><li>Then click disk space usage, it will force refresh the usage<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br>========<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you require help, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/requestquote.php\">contact SupportPRO Server Admin\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Facing issues? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Our technical support<br>engineers can solve it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-3350a795-db50-482f-9911-301930d1b1be\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-3350a795-db50-482f-9911-301930d1b1be\" id=\"hs-cta-3350a795-db50-482f-9911-301930d1b1be\"><!--[if lte IE 8]><div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div><![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/2725694\/3350a795-db50-482f-9911-301930d1b1be\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-3350a795-db50-482f-9911-301930d1b1be\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/2725694\/3350a795-db50-482f-9911-301930d1b1be.png\"  alt=\"Contact Us today!\"\/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(2725694, '3350a795-db50-482f-9911-301930d1b1be', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Free-server-checkup.png\" alt=\"guy server checkup\" class=\"wp-image-12943 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Free-server-checkup.png 904w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Free-server-checkup-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Free-server-checkup-768x791.png 768w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Free-server-checkup-585x602.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If user disk space usage is reflected incorrectly or not updating in cPanel, there is a way to force refresh the disk quota of cPanel directly from cPanel dashboard. 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