{"id":8081,"date":"2024-03-14T07:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-check-the-size-of-table-space-in-mysql\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T00:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:24:04","slug":"how-to-check-the-size-of-table-space-in-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-check-the-size-of-table-space-in-mysql\/","title":{"rendered":"Check MySQL Table Size: Easy SQL Query"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the following SQL statement to check the space size of each table in MySQL:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \r\n    table_name <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> `<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Table<\/span>`,\r\n    round(((data_length <span class=\"hljs-operator\">+<\/span> index_length) <span class=\"hljs-operator\">\/<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">1024<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">\/<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">1024<\/span>), <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>) `Size (MB)`\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> information_schema.TABLES\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHERE<\/span> table_schema <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'your_database_name'<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ORDER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BY<\/span> (data_length <span class=\"hljs-operator\">+<\/span> index_length) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DESC<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please replace your_database_name with the name of the database you want to query. 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