INODES counter not changing

Websites URL

http:// penrithastro.org

http:// cumbriaastroexhibition.pics

http:// penrithastro.great-site.net (sandpit)

My INODES warning came up with a counter of 65878 / 80000 so I deleted the above sandpit domain from the dashboard about 10 days ago however the counter has not changed much.

When I look in the root folder I can see my 2 remaining domains (with their own htdocs folder) and a htdocs folder. Could this htdocs folder be the remains of the sandpit ?

Yes, if it was the first subdomain on your account, it would have been assigned to that default htdocs folder. Deleting a domain from your hosting account doesn’t automatically delete the files that were assigned to it. That’s intentional, so you still have a chance to back up anything you want to keep that was used on that domain.

Thanks @EdwardHamHam , I’m backing the folder up to a local drive just in case.

It’s best practice to always have a backup anyway.

Never trust anyone or anything with the only copy of important data