# Are there any tricks to keep the file size of SWF down

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-to-keep-the-file-size-of-swf-down/89704
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 10, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-to-keep-the-file-size-of-swf-down/89704 "2005-05-10T22:45:13Z")
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### Author: ![pep3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@pep3799](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pep3799)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/are-there-any-tricks-to-keep-the-file-size-of-swf-down/89704/1 "2005-05-10T22:45:13Z")

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I’m editing flash banners and they come to me as relatively small file sizes for SWFs (20-30kb) by the time I have made a few minor changes to fonts and graphics its all the way up to 50-60kb which is twice as big as it should be. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the file size down?