dbf file itself is 5.1GB. Rest all other files are less than 500MB. It is
the number of records which is huge. It has about 117,2100 points.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 12:02 AM Bernd Vogelgesang via Qgis-user <
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> how big is the dbf file of that shape? Maybe you can also drop some
> attributes.
>
> Am 28.07.22 um 03:46 schrieb krishna Ayyala via Qgis-user:
> > Hello,
> > I have a shapefile of 5GB in size. Is it possible to convert this
> > shapefile to a smaller size file? It can be any format, not
> > necessarily a shapefile. But, preferably a vector format. I tried to
> > convert it into tiles, but that didn't work as it was losing the
> > resolution. I am looking to convert this 5GB size file to about 500MB.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
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