<p>Like so:</p>

<pre><code>prune=550
</code></pre>

<p>in your bitcoin.conf in your <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4006/where-is-the-data-folder-for-bitcoin-qt">data directory</a>.</p>

<p>This will not make blockchain sync faster. It will make it take less space, though, which can be helpful.</p>

<p>(I have only 40 gigabytes of storage on my system, so this helps me a lot.)</p>

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As Nick said, pruning doesn't speed up synchronization. I think you're actually looking for: [How to increase the speed of synchronisation?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/9277/5406).
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# How Do I use the prune option on bitcoin core?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-07)

How Do I use the prune option on bitcoin core ? as it is taking forever to sync

**Tags:** wallet

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: As username_2 said, pruning doesn't speed up synchronization. I think you're actually looking for: [How to increase the speed of synchronisation?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/9277/5406).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-03-07. Score: 5

Like so:

```
prune=550

```

in your bitcoin.conf in your [data directory](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4006/where-is-the-data-folder-for-bitcoin-qt).

This will not make blockchain sync faster. It will make it take less space, though, which can be helpful.

(I have only 40 gigabytes of storage on my system, so this helps me a lot.)


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