Title: disk space
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# disk space

 *  Resolved [angie_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angie_s/)
 * (@angie_s)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disk-space-1/)
 * sorry for the (maybe) silly question, but is it safe to check “delete originals”?
 * if i keep it unchecked is like having the image twice and decreasing the disk
   space?
 * thx!
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 *  Plugin Author [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disk-space-1/#post-5841018)
 * It is only relevant if you are using the conversion options. If you are, then
   yes you end up increasing disk usage for each successful conversion. Just make
   sure you have backups before you start using the delete originals option in case
   anything breaks…

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