# Contents.plist question **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [January 10, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contents-plist-question/41965 "2022-01-10T19:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mathew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mathew/32/2771_2.png) [@Mathew](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Mathew)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contents-plist-question/41965/1 "2022-01-10T19:54:10Z")
I am creating a new website. Essentially I duplicated the RW project file for an older site. This new site only has a few pages with little content yet is 21.5 Mb in size. So I opened up the project contents folder and found that the folder named SharedPluginData is very large (13 Mb): essentially it takes up 60% of the project file size. I then looked inside this SharedPluginData folder and it contained a bunch of images I’ve never used. The contents.plist file within this folder is 11.1 Mb. So it’s taking up 86% of the folder’s space. The size, per se, is not a huge problem. But this seems to be a waste. Is there any way I can eliminate these images and the contents.plist file so it all reflects what’s truly used in my project? I vaguely remember someone asking a similar question sometime in the past 6-9 months but I can’t locate that discussion. Hopefully @isaiah or someone else has some good tips. Let me know if I need to provide a more detailed description. ![plist-screenshot](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/e/f/ef879f2351d968afb525bf10a8891195975def75.png) ---
**Author:** ![apfelpuree](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apfelpuree/32/21925_2.png) [@apfelpuree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/apfelpuree)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contents-plist-question/41965/2 "2022-01-10T20:06:27Z")
This is an old problem that I have also addressed here. Images are often not deleted from the project file. > [@Orphaned Files in a Project File](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/orphaned-files-in-a-project-file/40026): > > I often have the problem that resources I had deleted from the resources folder remain in the depths of the project file. Here is an example: The resources folder seems to be empty, but in the depths of the project file the resources I have deleted before remain and inflate the size of the project file (and maybe still interfere with some functions). This project file has a size of nearly 900 MB, but actually it should not be much bigger than about 100 MB. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contents-plist-question/41965/3 "2022-01-10T21:18:23Z")
Go in the stacks library and have a look at the images there when opening just that project. Happens for me also. ---
**Author:** ![Mathew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mathew/32/2771_2.png) [@Mathew](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Mathew)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contents-plist-question/41965/4 "2022-01-10T21:38:22Z")
Thanks @apfelpuree and @instacks . I did eliminate the images via the finder and there seems to have been no harm done. But in my screenshot the biggest file was that Contents.plist file. As a wacky experiment I trashed that specific plist file (red rectangle above) and, naturally, RW told me it couldn’t open the project. Then, as a complete wacky move, I dragged a copy of the contents.plist just above that folder (501 bytes instead of 11.1 Mb) into the YHStacksPlugin folder and it opened up fine! I don’t know WHY it worked. There was nothing insightful on my part. I then tried to use the project file: adding content, adding pages, and there seemed to be no problems! That’s the good news. The bad news, of course, is I have no idea why this worked and if there might be negative impact somewhere down the line. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contents-plist-question/41965/5 "2022-02-10T07:39:13Z")
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