# DOCKER commit is creating larger/huge images

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**Category:** Docker Hub\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-commit-is-creating-larger-huge-images/74612 "2019-05-09T17:50:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-commit-is-creating-larger-huge-images/74612/1 "2019-05-09T17:50:17Z")

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My initial “docker image” when I build from my dockerfile is just 400M.  
I ran my container from it. After few days, There were no much changes in the containers expect modifying few files.

But when I saved my running container in it’s state using “docker commit” it is giving a image of 5G+. Docker export even creating a huge volume. Wondering what could be the cause!

I checked docker history even.  
Any pointers ?