Backup and collection exported

I noticed that if I backup my collection the file is around 17 MB, but if I export it it becomes around 90 MB; I was wondering why the difference in size, and how/when I should use the former rather than the latter.

It’s probably due to media. See here:
https://docs.ankiweb.net/backups.html#creating

1 Like

I have no media I’m aware of, I just had 0.4 MB in the trash (and I don’t know what they cold be, I don’t think I ever used media); how can I check about that?

You could look at the collections.media folder in your Anki profile folder. Or you uncheck Include media when exporting and see if that changes the size.

I had over 70 MB of fonts, not sure why; I’ll check if they are saved during installation, thanks!

1 Like

This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.