# Why do I need to many cron jobs

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-do-i-need-to-many-cron-jobs/16931>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-do-i-need-to-many-cron-jobs/16931 "2020-11-09T02:55:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![rotorfido](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/rotorfido/32/580_2.png) [@rotorfido](https://forum.mautic.org/u/rotorfido)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-do-i-need-to-many-cron-jobs/16931/1 "2020-11-09T02:55:52Z")

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mautic 2.1.6  
In info on mautic page i see only 3 cron jobs needs to be added, why I have so many, did they change the rules?

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**Author:** ![codes9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/codes9/32/682_2.png) [@codes9](https://forum.mautic.org/u/codes9)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-do-i-need-to-many-cron-jobs/16931/2 "2020-11-09T16:21:38Z")

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Not much has changed since Mautic2x you can still run the basic 3 Cron jobs. Cron actions are resource intensive and separated so they can be scheduled without overlapping.

> **[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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**Author:** ![rotorfido](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/rotorfido/32/580_2.png) [@rotorfido](https://forum.mautic.org/u/rotorfido)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-do-i-need-to-many-cron-jobs/16931/3 "2020-11-09T19:02:19Z")

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so why it was recommended to have7 cronjobs like I currently have before?

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**Author:** ![codes9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/codes9/32/682_2.png) [@codes9](https://forum.mautic.org/u/codes9)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-do-i-need-to-many-cron-jobs/16931/4 "2020-11-09T19:05:51Z")

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@rotorfido Depends what you use Mautic for. The basic three only gets campaigns and sending of email from campaigns working. It does not allow other things.

Start with the link I provided and decide if any of the others services provided by the cron jobs are important to your use case.