Title: Generated CSV Files
Last modified: February 19, 2021

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# Generated CSV Files

 *  Resolved [elieelia9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elieelia9/)
 * (@elieelia9)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-csv-files/)
 * Hi there,
 * I have loads of csv files being generated daily in my wp-content/uploads/forminator
   folder. I just hit 200,000 generated csv files and this has reached the maximum
   capacity allowed by my web hosting provider.
 * I had a few questions:
 * 1. Can I get rid of this folder entirely and still retain any submissions to 
   my forms?
    2. Can I stop these files from being generated at this rapid rate?
   3. Are these files storing my submissions, or are my submissions retained elsewhere?

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 *  Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-csv-files/#post-14078399)
 * Hello [@elieelia9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elieelia9/) ,
 * > 1. Can I get rid of this folder entirely and still retain any submissions to
   > my forms?
 * Yes, you can, those are exported submissions. Submissions are kept in the database
   unless you changed options in Submissions Retention in Forminator -> Settings-
   > Submissions to not keep submissions or in the form itself, you selected Disable
   store submissions in my database.
 * >  2. Can I stop these files from being generated at this rapid rate?
 * Yes. Those are generating because someone on your site enabled an automatic export
   schedule.
    You can disable it from Submissions, select your form(s) and click
   the button Export. It will open a popup where you can change Scheduled Exports
   to Disabled.
 * > 3. Are these files storing my submissions, or are my submissions retained elsewhere?
 * Like I mentioned above, submissions are kept in the Database.
 * kind regards,
    Kasia
 *  [sally.whytehead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sallywhytehead/)
 * (@sallywhytehead)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-csv-files/#post-14095624)
 * Should there not be a cron job to clear out the old csv files? e.g. anything 
   with a datestamp of over a day ago?
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-csv-files/#post-14102281)
 * Hi [@sallywhytehead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sallywhytehead/)
 * I hope you are doing well.
 * I don’t see an indication that it has the automatic cleanup, but I sent this 
   thread to the plugin team for further discussion.
 * Best Regards
    Patrick Freitas
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-csv-files/#post-14106259)
 * Hi [@elieelia9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elieelia9/)
 * We pinged our developers, could you please try to install this mu-plugin file
   and check if this avoids the problem?
 * [https://gist.github.com/wpmudev-sls/b5b0cd017dad734018194c58181e0c3f](https://gist.github.com/wpmudev-sls/b5b0cd017dad734018194c58181e0c3f)
 * If you are not familiar with mu-plugins [https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins](https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins)
 * Let us know the result you got.
    Best Regards Patrick Freitas
 *  Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-csv-files/#post-14141217)
 * Hello [@elieelia9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elieelia9/) ,
 * We haven’t heard from you for a while now, so it looks like you no longer need
   our assistance.
 * Please feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.
 * kind regards,
    Kasia

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