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I deleted millions of rows of old data from a production SQL database recently, and it didn’t seem to shrink the size of the .MDF file much. We have a finite amount of disk space.
I am wondering if there is anything else I can do to ‘tighten’ the file (like something analogous to Access’ Compact and Repair function)?
Use the Shrink File option in Sql Server Management Studio Right-click on Database > Tasks > Shrink > Database (or Files)