{"id":2111,"date":"2021-09-22T05:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T05:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2021-09-22T05:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T05:49:16","slug":"how-to-reduce-shrink-the-sql-server-database-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-reduce-shrink-the-sql-server-database-size\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reduce\/Shrink the SQL Server Database Size?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Method 1: Using SQL Server Management Studio<\/h3>\n

Follow the steps as given below to shrink or reduce the SQL Server database size (.MDF and .LDF).<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Right-click on the database name >> Tasks >> Shrink >> Database.<\/p>\n

\"shrink-1\"<\/p>\n

Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Then Click\u00a0OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"shrink-2\"<\/p>\n

Method 2: Using Transact SQL Command<\/h3>\n

Follow the steps to shrink or reduce the SQL Server database size using SQL command.<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Open\u00a0SQL Server Management Studio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Connect to the Database Engine.<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0From the Standard bar, click\u00a0New Query<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"shrink-3\"<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Type the following SQL command into the query window and click\u00a0Execute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (DatabaseName, 'target percent')<\/pre>\n
\u2014 This command shrinks the test database<\/em><\/p>\n
Example:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (test, 10);<\/p>\n
GO<\/p>\n
\"shrink-4\"<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
Now you have shrunk the database size successfully!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Method 1: Using SQL Server Management Studio Follow the steps as given below to shrink or reduce the SQL Server database size (.MDF and .LDF). Step 1:\u00a0Right-click on the database name >> Tasks >> Shrink >> Database. Step 2:\u00a0Then Click\u00a0OK. Method 2: Using Transact SQL Command Follow the steps to shrink or reduce the SQL […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorials"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Reduce\/Shrink the SQL Server Database Size? - OWS KB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-reduce-shrink-the-sql-server-database-size\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Reduce\/Shrink the SQL Server Database Size? - OWS KB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Method 1: Using SQL Server Management Studio Follow the steps as given below to shrink or reduce the SQL Server database size (.MDF and .LDF). 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