# Mautic database is huge, can I manually delete old records?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-database-is-huge-can-i-manually-delete-old-records/22646>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-database-is-huge-can-i-manually-delete-old-records/22646 "2022-02-09T15:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ekke/32/296_2.png) [@ekke](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ekke)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-database-is-huge-can-i-manually-delete-old-records/22646/2 "2022-02-09T15:53:45Z")

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Most importantly: make sure that for every lead the youngest entry in campaign\_lead\_event\_log does NOT get deleted!

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