# Plans and storage limits

# Plans

To sync your notes with Obsidian Sync you need a subscription plan. You can purchase a Sync plan by logging into your account. See the Sync landing page for pricing.

Below is a comparison between the Standard plan and Plus plan:

# Storage limits

The amount of data you can store using Obsidian Sync depends on your subscription plan. On the Sync Plus plan you can purchase additional storage up to 100 GB via your account dashboard. See Frequently asked questions for more details.

There is a single account-wide storage limit for all notes across your vaults. Version history and attachments are also counted towards your account's storage limit.

When you reach your account's storage limit, the Sync plugin will cease syncing files, and you will be prompted to prune your remote vault(s).

# Identify and delete large files

To identify and delete large files from the vault:

1. Open Settings → Sync.
2. Select View largest files next to Vault size over limit.
   1. If you don’t see Vault size over limit, it means you haven’t hit the size limit yet.
3. Close the View largest files modal.
4. Delete some of the large files you no longer need.
5. Wait for Obsidian sync to finish the task. This can take a while.
6. Open Settings → Sync.
7. Select Prune next to Vault size over limit. This will remove the deleted files from the remote vault to free up space.

After the prune syncs to the server, Obsidian Sync should resume functioning.

# Create a new remote vault

You can create a new remote vault to exclude large files before syncing. The version history for your files will be reset if you create a new remote vault. Please be sure that you don’t need version history for older files before proceeding.

To sync to a new remote vault, follow these steps:

1. Open Settings → Sync.
2. Select Manage next to Remote vault.
3. Choose Create new vault and follow the steps to create it. If you run out of vaults, you might need to disconnect from the current remote vault and delete it first.
4. Set up excluded files before you start syncing to the new remote vault.
5. Restart Obsidian to apply your changes.
6. Open Settings → Sync.
7. Select resume to start syncing to the new remote vault.

The new remote vault should be smaller than the previous vault, because of the absence of version history and excluded files.

# Upgrade your plan

You can upgrade your plan by logging into your account dashboard. From there you will be able to upgrade your plan from Sync Standard to Sync Plus, and increase storage up to 100 GB.

# Downgrade your plan

If you want to downgrade your Sync plan but your storage use exceeds the new plan's limit, you will need to free up space in your remote vault. Currently, there's no direct method to remove specific files from an existing remote vault quickly. This is because attachments are retained in version history for up to two weeks, and version history counts towards your storage limit.

The quickest way to reduce your Sync storage usage is to create a new remote vault with attachments disabled, then delete the old remote vault that exceeds the storage limits. Be aware that you will lose version history by doing this.

If you are downgrading from Sync Plus to Sync Standard, you'll also need to reduce the number of vaults present to one before the downgrade will be permitted.

# Preserve version history

Attachments are held in your version history for up to two weeks. If you plan to downgrade in the near future, you can start by removing attachments from your local vault.

After two weeks these will be purged from the remote vault and will no longer count towards your storage limit. At this point you will be able to downgrade your plan while preserving the version history for other file types, such as Markdown files.