Know Your Archive's True Footprint: Per-File Size Reports for Records Teams

Records managers and archivists routinely need to document the storage footprint of document batches before migrating to a DMS, submitting to a records center, or fulfilling a retention policy audit. Deliteful's File Size Report tool produces a plain-text, per-file size inventory for any uploaded batch, giving you the documentation your process requires.

Storage quotas, transfer pricing, and records management systems all depend on accurate file size data. Eyeballing a folder in Windows Explorer or macOS Finder gives you a rough total — but archiving workflows need per-file granularity, especially when ingesting mixed batches of PDFs, spreadsheets, images, and DOCX files that each carry different compression characteristics. A 500-page scanned PDF and a 500-page text-layer PDF can differ by an order of magnitude in file size.

Deliteful supports batches of up to 50 files across all common document formats. The output is a .txt report with each filename, its exact byte count, and a human-readable equivalent in KB, MB, or GB using standard base-1024 conversion. This makes it easy to attach the report to a transfer manifest or retention log without any reformatting.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your free account

    Sign in with Google in about 3 clicks — no credit card or software installation required.

  2. 2

    Upload the document batch

    Add up to 50 files — PDFs, DOCX, Excel, CSV, images, or mixed formats — up to 2 GB total.

  3. 3

    Generate the size report

    Deliteful processes the batch and returns a .txt file listing each document's name, byte count, and human-readable size.

  4. 4

    Attach to your transfer or retention record

    Save the report alongside your archive manifest to document the storage footprint at time of ingestion.

Frequently asked questions

Can I run a file size report on a mixed batch of PDFs, Word documents, and spreadsheets?
Yes. The tool accepts PDF, DOCX, XLSX, XLS, CSV, TXT, PNG, JPG, JPEG, WEBP, ZIP, and JSON in a single batch. All formats are reported in the same output file.
Is the output format suitable for attaching to a records transfer manifest?
Yes. The report is a plain .txt file with tab-separated columns for filename, byte count, and human-readable size. It can be attached as-is to a manifest or imported into a spreadsheet.
What is the largest batch this tool can handle?
Up to 50 files per batch with a 2 GB combined limit. For PDF files, the per-file limit is 300 MB; for DOCX, 50 MB; for Excel, 200 MB; for CSV, 500 MB.
Does the tool sort or aggregate file sizes?
No. The report lists files in the order they were uploaded with no sorting or totaling applied. If you need aggregated totals, the plain-text output is easy to process in Excel or a script.

Create your free Deliteful account with Google and generate a size inventory for your next document batch in under a minute.