Title: How to Stop Generating Image-sizes?
Last modified: May 17, 2019

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# How to Stop Generating Image-sizes?

 *  [mrblond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrblond/)
 * (@mrblond)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-generating-image-sizes-2/)
 * Hi,
    when uploading an image in Media Library, aside from the original file, 
   it generates many other file-versions with variety of sizes. Currently in my 
   case, it generates 24 more files from a single upload. It is said that this is
   because of the theme (in my case Grow).
 * How to stop generating some of these files?
 * Regenerate Thumbnails plugin shows info for registered thumbnail sizes which 
   I don’t know what are for:
 * > column1-1/2: 1140×570 pixels (cropped to fit)
   >  column1-1/3: 1140×380 pixels(
   > cropped to fit) column1-1/4: 1140×285 pixels (cropped to fit) column1-2/5: 
   > 1140×456 pixels (cropped to fit) column2-1/1: 570×570 pixels (cropped to fit)
   > column2-1/4: 570×142 pixels (cropped to fit) column2-1/2: 570×285 pixels (cropped
   > to fit) column2-2/3: 570×380 pixels (cropped to fit) column2-3/5: 570×342 pixels(
   > cropped to fit) column3-1/1: 380×380 pixels (cropped to fit) column3-1/3: 380
   > ×107 pixels (cropped to fit) column3-2/5: 380×152 pixels (cropped to fit) column3-
   > 2/3: 380×254 pixels (cropped to fit) column3-3/4: 380×285 pixels (cropped to
   > fit) column4-1/1: 285×285 pixels (cropped to fit) column4-2/3: 285×190 pixels(
   > cropped to fit) column4-3/4: 285×214 pixels (cropped to fit)
 * Does somebody know why are these created and how to stop them?

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 *  [TUT Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phpexpert21/)
 * (@phpexpert21)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-generating-image-sizes-2/#post-11550899)
 * Hello [@mrblond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrblond/),
 * You can stop generating the images with the help of below listed knowledge base
   article-
 * [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-prevent-wordpress-from-generating-image-sizes/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-prevent-wordpress-from-generating-image-sizes/)
 * Kind regards,
 * Manoj

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