How to find the total size of Attachments per space

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Summary

If you are trying to identify where the majority of your attachments are located by space, this can be helpful when trying to audit attachments to reduce the size of a space export or even a backup with attachments.

Solution

Run SQL query on the Confluence database:

1 2 3 4 select sum(cp.LONGVAL), s.spacename from spaces s INNER JOIN  content c ON c.spaceid = s.spaceid INNER JOIN contentproperties cp  ON cp.contentid = c.contentid where c.contenttype = 'ATTACHMENT' and  cp.propertyname = 'FILESIZE' GROUP BY s.spacename;

The number returned is in bytes.

Updated on April 2, 2025

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