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

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**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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@instamaker There is a cronjob which you can add which purges data older than X days.  
It might make sense if you run this command to keep the database at a decent level.

View the docs here, look for **Clean up old data**

> **[Cron jobs](https://docs.mautic.org/en/setup/cron-jobs)**
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> . . . . Mautic 3 introduced a new path for cron jobs bin/console if you are using the legacy Mautic 2.x series you should replace this with the older version, app/console. . . . Mautic requires a few cron jobs to handle some maintenance tasks such as...

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