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title Monitor Artifacts storage consumption
description Learn how to monitor Azure Artifacts storage usage at Organization and Project levels.
ms.service azure-devops-artifacts
ms.topic how-to
ms.date 02/03/2026
ms.author rabououn
ms.custom engagement-fy23
author ramiMSFT
monikerRange azure-devops
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Monitor Artifacts storage consumption

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Azure Artifacts uses a consumption‑based billing model and supports storing various package types, including NuGet, npm, Python, Maven, Cargo, and Universal Packages. The free tier provides 2 GiB of storage but if you exceed this limit, you can either upgrade to a paid subscription or delete existing artifacts. The artifact storage UI in your organization and project settings lets you monitor storage usage at both the organization and project levels. Storage is also grouped by project and artifact type.

Prerequisites

Product Requirements
Azure DevOps - An Azure DevOps organization and a project.
- An Azure Artifacts feed.

Organization-level storage

The organization‑level storage view provides an overview of total storage usage, including storage consumption by artifact type and by project.

  1. Sign in to your Azure DevOps organization.

  2. Select gear icon Organization settings, and then select Storage from the left navigation pane.

    :::image type="content" source="media/artifact-storage-navigation.png" alt-text="A screenshot displaying how to navigate to the organization-level storage view.":::

  3. You can view your Total storage summary, Storage by artifact type, and Storage by projects in your organization.

    :::image type="content" source="media/org-level-storage.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing the storage consumption levels.":::

  4. Select View storage breakdown from the Storage by type section to view total storage for packages in your organization-scoped feeds.

    :::image type="content" source="media/packages-org-scoped-feeds.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing the total storage for packages in organization-scoped feeds.":::

Note

The Storage by projects list includes only projects with the largest storage consumption, not the complete list of projects in your organization.

Project-level storage

The project-level storage view provides an overview of total storage usage, including storage consumption by artifact type.

  1. Sign in to your Azure DevOps organization, then navigate to your project.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select gear icon Project settings, then Storage.

    :::image type="content" source="media/artifacts-storage-navigation-project-level.png" alt-text="A screenshot displaying how to navigate to project-level storage view.":::

  3. You can view your Total storage summary and Storage by artifact type for your project.

    :::image type="content" source="media/proj-level-storage.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing project level storage consumption.":::

  4. Select View storage breakdown from the Storage by type section to view the total storage for packages in your project-scoped feeds.

    :::image type="content" source="media/packages-proj-scoped-feeds.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing the total storage for packages in project-scoped feeds.":::

Note

Azure Artifacts provides 2 GiB of free storage for each organization. The free tier is designed to help you evaluate if Azure Artifacts fits your workflow. As your organization starts handling more critical tasks, we recommend set up billing to ensure you have the appropriate resources.

Size and count limits

The following table illustrates the supported size and count limits for each package type:

Package type Package size limit (per file) Version count limit Package ID limit (per feed)
NuGet 500 MiB 5,000 versions per package ID Unlimited
npm 500 MiB 5,000 versions per package ID Unlimited
Maven 500 MiB 5,000 versions per package ID Unlimited
Python 500 MiB 5,000 versions per package ID Unlimited
Cargo 500 MiB 5,000 versions per package ID Unlimited
Universal Packages 4 TiB 5,000 versions per package ID Unlimited

[Note] Azure Artifacts enforces a hard limit of 375 KB for package.json files in npm projects.

Increase Artifacts storage limit

Azure Artifacts includes 2 GiB of free storage per organization. Once your organization reaches the storage limit, you won’t be able to publish new artifacts. To continue, you can either delete some of your existing artifacts or increase your storage limit by following these steps:

  1. Set up billing for your organization.

  2. Sign in to your Azure DevOps organization, select Organization settings > Billing, then select No limit, pay for what you use from the Usage limit dropdown.

  3. Select Save when you're done.

    :::image type="content" source="media/increase-usage-limit.png" alt-text="A screenshot displaying how to increase Artifacts storage limit." lightbox="media/increase-usage-limit.png":::

FAQs

Q: What counts toward my total billed storage?

A: All package types, including npm, NuGet, Python, Maven, Cargo, and Universal Packages count toward your billed storage. Packages saved from upstream sources also count toward your billed storage. However, Pipeline Artifacts and Pipeline Caching do not contribute to storage charges.

Q: Do packages in the recycle bin affect my storage usage?

A: Yes, packages in the recycle bin still count toward your total storage. They are automatically deleted after 30 days, but you can manually remove them earlier by deleting them from the recycle bin.

Q: What happens if I remove my Azure Subscription from my Azure DevOps organization?

A: Removing your Azure Subscription from your Azure DevOps organization limits your access to the free tier. If your storage usage exceeds 2 GiB, you will have read-only access to packages. To publish new packages, you must reduce your storage usage below 2 GiB, or reconnect your Azure subscription and set up billing to upgrade your storage tier.

Q: Why does my storage usage show as 0 GiB even though I have artifacts stored?

A: The smallest unit of storage measurement is 1 GiB. If your usage is below that threshold, it will display as 0 GiB.

Q: How long does it take for deleted artifacts to reflect in billed storage?

A: Storage metrics typically update within 24 hours, but it may take up to 48 hours. If you're unable to upload artifacts, a temporary workaround is to increase your usage level and reduce it again once metrics refresh.

Note

The Used column in your Organization settings > Billing page is updated once a day, so changes may not be reflected right away. However, the Artifacts > Storage page in your Organization settings is updated more frequently, which could result in a slight discrepancy between the two pages.

Q: How can I manage retention for outdated packages?

A: You can configure retention policies to automatically delete outdated packages. However, packages promoted to a view are exempt from these policies. See How to use retention policies to delete old packages for more details.

Q: How do I manually delete specific packages?

A: See Delete and recover packages for step-by-step instructions.

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