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# Solution for “User Too Large, Delete on Background” Message in Direct Admin

Assuming the sum of the disk usage of any user being removed in Direct Admin exceed a specific threshold  , by default, the account will be deleted by a background process. 

Instead of performing the execution on the foreground, Direct Admin will perform the deletion by adding the command to the background's task queue. This is to prevent the time out in the web browser due to the excessively large account size.   The message prompt will show the following once Direct Admin assigns this task to a background process.

**user too large, delete on background**
**The process will actually just be the dataskq**

In order to solve this issue, you need to modify the value for “get_background_delete_size” in the **directadmin.conf** settings file. This can be done by login via SSH into the server using root access, and enter the following command:

**cd /usr/local/directadmin/conf**

Next, modify the **directadmin.conf** file by typing the following command:

**vi directadmin.conf **


If the variable "get_background_delete_size" value does not exist in the directadmin.conf , that indicates that the value of the "get_background_delete_size" is set to 10 gigabytes by default.

E.g.  **get_background_delete_size = 10240**


You may also increase the value of the variable to the following:

E.g.  **get_background_delete_size = 20480**


The 20480 is a variable that means 20 gigabytes is set. Additionally, you can disable the feature by setting the value to 0.