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xlin1
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6 years ago
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Hi, I am new to Power BI. I have a question regarding the pbix file size. When I'd deleted all of the queries and visuals from Power BI desktop, then saved it. But found that the size of the file is ...
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  • mwegener's avatar
    mwegener
    6 years ago

    Hi xlin1,

     

    open the PBIX with a ZIP program (like 7zip) and check what causes the file size.

    Possibly a large background image.

     

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mwegener
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6 years ago

Hi xlin1,

 

open the PBIX with a ZIP program (like 7zip) and check what causes the file size.

Possibly a large background image.

 

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    xlin1
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    6 years ago

    Thank you so much! I've seen the "layout", but how can I remove it? I've tried to delete from zip7, but the size still not changed.

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      Greg_Deckler
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      6 years ago

      xlin1 - Perhaps rename the PBIX to ZIP, extract everything, zip it back up. Rename to PBIX.

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        xlin1
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        6 years ago
        Greg_Deckler wrote:

        xlin1 - Perhaps rename the PBIX to ZIP, extract everything, zip it back up. Rename to PBIX.

        Many thanks!!