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Bitbucket Repository Size Not Reduced After Removing Large Files from Git History — Please Trigger

Nilesh Kuhikar
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March 1, 2026

Hi,

I removed large binary files (APK files, ~28MB each) from my repository's git history using git filter-repo and force-pushed all branches to the remote. The files are no longer referenced in any
branch or tag, but the repository size has not reduced because garbage collection hasn't run yet.

Could you please trigger a GC (garbage collection) on my repository to reclaim the disk space?

Repository: [git@bitbucket.org:simple-invoice-manager/simple-invoice-android.git]

Thank you.

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Syahrul
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March 2, 2026

Hey @Nilesh Kuhikar 

Welcome to the community.

I have triggered garbage collection on the affected repository, reducing its size to below 1 GB. It is still quite large, so you might want to further decrease its size to prevent exceeding the 1 GB limit again in the future.

Check out our KB on how to reduce repository size

https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/

Regards,
Syahrul

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