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title: Compact a series file offline
description: >
Use the `influx_inspect buildtsi -compact-series-file` command to compact your
series file and reduce its size on disk.
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parent: Administration
name: Compact a series file
---
Use the **Series File Compaction tool** to compact your series file and reduce its size on disk.
This is useful for series files that grow quickly, for example, when series are frequently created and deleted.
**To compact a series file:**
1. Stop the `influxd` process.
2. Run the following command, including your **data directory** and **WAL directory**:
```sh
# Syntax
influx_inspect buildtsi -compact-series-file -datadir <data_dir> -waldir <wal_dir>
# Example
influx_inspect buildtsi -compact-series-file -datadir /data -waldir /wal
```
3. Restart the `influxd` process.
4. **_(InfluxDB Enterprise only)_** On each data node:
1. Complete steps 1-3.
2. Wait for the [hinted handoff queue (HHQ)](/enterprise_influxdb/v1/concepts/clustering/#hinted-handoff)
to write all missed data to the node.
3. Continue to the next data node.