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SMI11
February 7, 2022
Question

QuickBooks Desktop File Size

  • February 7, 2022
  • 7 replies
  • 23 views

Good morning,

 

We are running into a couple of issues with our QuickBooks, first our file size is too large and we need to know how to correctly and safely cut that file size down to ensure QB runs smoothly and efficiently without fear of losing data.

 

Second, how do we safe a view only file of our QB information. We know how to save a back-up, but can you make that view only so it can be edited?

 

I appreciate any help anyone is able to give me.

7 replies

Fiat Lux - ASIA
Fiat Lux - ASIA
Level 14
February 7, 2022

Are you using QBD Pro/Premier or Enterprise?

Which QBD year version do you have?

How big is the file size?

 

SMI11Author
February 7, 2022

We are using enterprise for wholesale and manufacturing 21.0.

 

I am not sure how big our file size is, but our contracted IT specialists are worried about it crashing so it must be fairly large.

Fiat Lux - ASIA
Fiat Lux - ASIA
Level 14
February 9, 2022

Our file size is about 2 k and they told us it should be about 1 I guess. This is coming from our owner that spoke to them about file size


You can suggest to your owner to consider purchasing a file optimization service as I mentioned earlier. We knew several clients working on the file(s) more than 2 GB size without any performance issue. There is no hard and fast rule on this topic. Nor is there any way to know exactly how many invoices, estimates,
etc. will get your data file to become “too big”.

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