# Wrapper.log 18 Gigs

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 5, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376 "2020-11-05T21:06:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![vrautomation](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vrautomation/32/11155_2.png) [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376/1 "2020-11-05T21:06:42Z")

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Ignition 8.0.12  
My Wrapper.log is 18 Gigs… and counting.

Why is it allowed to become so big?  
Can I delete that without stopping Ignition?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376/2 "2020-11-05T21:26:15Z")

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Sure, you can delete it. It should get created again as soon as something tries to log.

Any chance you have a non-default value for `wrapper.logfile.maxsize` in `ignition.conf`?

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**Author:** ![vrautomation](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vrautomation/32/11155_2.png) [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376/3 "2020-11-05T21:40:57Z")

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I cannot delete it…

I thinbk something is wrong…

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/8/c8a1da61bcba0f41729bba1aaa1855fb19a4d1d2.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/c/ac8cff5518e3be7c047390c96d4a56913eb61c87.png)

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376/4 "2020-11-05T21:49:31Z")

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Ah, on Windows you may not be able to delete it without stopping the gateway…

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**Author:** ![vrautomation](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vrautomation/32/11155_2.png) [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376/5 "2020-11-05T21:54:06Z")

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Ok…

But the question is: why is it so big?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-18-gigs/40376/6 "2020-11-05T22:07:22Z")

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I don’t know. A bug it seems. The service wrapper is supposed to be responsible for rolling the wrapper.log file, so it seems we may need check release notes and see if an upgrade is needed.