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layout	title	description	date	sidebar	comments	sharing	footer	logo	ha_category	ha_iot_class	ha_release	redirect_from
page	File size Sensor	Component for monitoring the size of a file.	2018-02-06 14:00	true	false	true	true	file.png	Utility	Local Polling	0.64	/components/sensor.filesize/

The filesize sensor for displaying the size in MB of a file. Note that paths must be added to whitelist_external_dirs.

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

To enable the filesize sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml:

sensor:
  - platform: filesize
    file_paths:
      - /config/home-assistant_v2.db

{% configuration %} file_paths: description: The absolute path to the file. required: true type: list of strings {% endconfiguration %}