# Check size prior to download

**URL:** <https://discuss.dvc.org/t/check-size-prior-to-download/559>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/check-size-prior-to-download/559 "2020-11-19T18:41:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ozyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@ozyo](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/ozyo)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/check-size-prior-to-download/559/1 "2020-11-19T18:41:32Z")

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Hi,

DVC newbie here. Thanks for developing a much-needed tool.

I was wondering if there is a way to obtain the size information of the dvc files/folders before issuing a dvc pull. I have searched through the manual but failed to find any information.

Say I have `datasets.dvc` file uploaded by a teammate and I would like to learn it’s size prior to downloading it.

DVC version: 1.7.9

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**Author:** ![kupruser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@kupruser](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/kupruser)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/check-size-prior-to-download/559/2 "2020-11-19T18:45:45Z")

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Hi @ozyo !

There is no such feature right now, but we’ve recently added size fields to our dvc files [https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/3256](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/3256) and we will be able to use them to approximate how much data we need to download/upload without taking deduplication into account. We also plan to add a more precise mechanism to account for deduplication in such donwload/upload predictions. Both will be added to commands like `dvc status -c`/`dvc diff`/`dvc ls`/etc (e.g. [https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/1312](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/1312)). So stay tuned! 🙂