# What does % mean

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-does-mean/12856
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 15, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-does-mean/12856 "2019-02-15T06:11:24Z")
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### Author: ![hondfy](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/hondfy/32/5634_2.png) [@hondfy](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/hondfy)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-does-mean/12856/1 "2019-02-15T06:11:24Z")

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hello everyone：

Syncthing Configuration -\> Folder Element -\> minDiskFree

Accepted units are % , kB , MB , GB and TB . Set to zero to disable.

What does % mean ？ Byte？

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### Author: ![nekr0z](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/nekr0z/32/4823_2.png) [@nekr0z](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/nekr0z)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-does-mean/12856/2 "2019-02-15T06:33:50Z")

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% means exactly that: percent of disk space.

Say you have a 500 GB disk and set the value to 10 %. Syncthing will try hard to make sure at least 50 GB is left free.

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### Author: ![hondfy](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/hondfy/32/5634_2.png) [@hondfy](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/hondfy)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-does-mean/12856/3 "2019-02-15T06:35:08Z")

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OK thank you

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### Author: ![system](https://forum-uploads.syncthingcdn.net/original/2X/0/0b50e0a202b22ae6a67190759e8c868805b8ed9f.png) [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-does-mean/12856/4 "2019-03-17T06:37:44Z")

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