# Do instances increase your file size?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-instances-increase-your-file-size/170576
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**Created:** [November 27, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-instances-increase-your-file-size/170576 "2005-11-27T21:02:53Z")
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### Author: ![boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boy)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-instances-increase-your-file-size/170576/1 "2005-11-27T21:02:53Z")

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do instances increase your file size?

so will my file size increase whether i have one instance of a symbol on my stage or whether i have 20 instances of that symbol on stage?

thank you kindly for answering these silly questions 😊