Very large ~/.config/Duplicati folder on macOS

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I’ve decided to check my SSD usage recently and have noticed that the size of my ~/.config/Duplicati folder is over 45 Gigabytes! Here is the list of files I see:

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total 88215672
drwxr-xr-x  30 my_username  staff          960 Aug 29 16:12 .
drwx------  15 my_username  staff          480 Dec 21  2019 ..
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff      2202624 Jul 14  2019 70718878678385908283.backup
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff      2202624 Aug 30  2019 70718878678385908283.backup-1
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff   7150662656 Oct  8  2019 70718878678385908283.backup-2
-rw-r--r--   1 my_username  staff       757760 Aug 29 16:12 Duplicati-server.sqlite
-rw-r--r--   1 my_username  staff   6707699712 Jan 27  2019 LIRNGNGCCS.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff  10244265984 Aug 29 15:09 VHVRJIQYOT.sqlite
-rw-r--r--   1 my_username  staff       237568 Jan  3  2019 backup 20190109110416.sqlite
-rw-r--r--   1 my_username  staff   6707699712 Jan  9  2019 backup 20190109112453.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Jan 14  2019 backup 20190114082649.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Jul 14  2019 backup 20190714023710.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Jul 14  2019 backup 20190714023759.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Jul 20  2019 backup 20190720103355.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Jul 21  2019 backup 20190721091406.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug  2  2019 backup 20190802100612.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug  3  2019 backup 20190803113638.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug  4  2019 backup 20190804065628.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug  5  2019 backup 20190805030557.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug 13  2019 backup 20190813085926.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug 26  2019 backup 20190827120945.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug 30  2019 backup 20190831122911.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Aug 30  2019 backup 20190831124307.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Sep 12  2019 backup 20190912094806.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Sep 20  2019 backup 20190920030451.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Sep 28  2019 backup 20190928121659.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff        33792 Sep 30  2019 backup 20190930124352.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff   7150662656 Oct  8  2019 backup 70718878678385908283 20191008050000.sqlite
-rw-------   1 my_username  staff   7150662656 Oct  8  2019 backup 70718878678385908283 20191008050042.sqlite
drwxr-xr-x   3 my_username  staff           96 Aug 28 09:29 control_dir_v2

A lot of files are from 2019, but it’s hard to say if they can be deleted or not without harm. I’ve tried clicking through web UI for any buttons that would help me with the clenup, but no luck so far.

Using Duplicati 2.0.5.1_beta_2020-01-18, macOS Catalina 10.15.6.

I’d like to reduce the folder size, but I fear of losing my backup settings. What options do I have?

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The sqlite files with the “backup” prefix can be deleted. They are created when upgrading to a newer version of Duplicati that introduces a database schema change. They are useful for a short time in case you need to roll back to the previous version for some reason. Once you’ve used the new version for a while just delete them.

There was some discussion last year about Duplicati automatically deleting these, but I don’t think it’s high priority from a development point of view.

The LIRNGNGCCS.sqlite file looks like it hasn’t been touched since January. Do you have a backup job still defined that you haven’t run since then? If it’s from an old backup job that you no longer need or care about, you can delete that file too.

The VHVRJIQYOT.sqlite file may be able to shrink if you run the vacuum command. You can enable the --auto-vacuum option if you want Duplicati to do this after each backup.

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