Inodes not clearing?

[ChrisPAR]

@KeithT

Have you noticed the “Inodes Used” statistic?
Your disk may not be full, but your inodes near are.

What does the inode limit mean

One of the limits in the control panel is the inode limit. What is it, and what happens when you reach it? What is an inode? In short: every file and directory on your hosting account is an inode. Unix-like systems, like Linux and macOS, use inodes to store information about files and directories. Every file and directory on a computer has an inode. A file system has limited number of inodes it can store, and the more inodes are on a system, the longer it takes to look up files. So too many in…

Since the counter is updated every 8 hours, there’s a chance you may have unknowingly hit it, in which case being unable to upload files would make sense:

FTP Error: Disk Quota Exceeded

If you have an account with many files or large files, you may hit the error Disk Quota Exceeded. This error is typically caused by either two issues: You have reached the disk space limit of your account (5GB). You have reached the inode limit of your account (30,000). You can see your disk space usage and inode usage in the sidebar in the control panel. Please note that the counters in the control panel are not live and are only refreshed once per day. What does the inode limit mean In Li…