Delete old posts instead of upgrading?

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  nicolaknits · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 6:24 am

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  I don’t want to buy a space upgrade. Can I delete old posts to free up space?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  starshining4ever · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 6:30 am

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  You definitely can delete old posts! Just remember that if you do, they’re gone forever.

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  justpi · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 6:42 am

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  You don’t even need to delete old posts. Before I continue, please tell us how much space you’ve used (you can see that in Media > Library).

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  nicolaknits · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 6:47 am

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  My blog is 98% full.

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  justpi · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 6:59 am

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  I see. That’s because you’ve been uploading huge image files (text is unlimited). I checked a couple of your images and they are 3648×2736 pixels, resolution 180 (obviously files straight out of your digital camera). There’s no point doing that: browsers display images at a resolution of 72, and most users’ screens are narrower than 1200px.

  One way to solve the problem: you can start using an image editing application to downsize copies of the old images, then edit the old posts, replace the old images with the downsized ones, then go to Media > Library and delete the old images.
  Other way to solve the problem: sign up for a new blog, upload images to that blog, insert them to your current blog via URL.

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  nicolaknits · Member · Jan 13, 2013 at 12:24 am

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  Thank you for your help. I appreciate it.