Is Shrinking database good?

Is it safe to shrink database?

In these cases, repeatedly shrinking the database is a wasted operation, and likely created the need for autogrowth events to reclaim the space, hindering performance. A shrink operation does not preserve the fragmentation state of indexes in the database, and generally increases fragmentation to a degree.

Why you should never shrink a database?

It's an unbelievably, disgustingly, repulsively bad idea. Your disk drive space is for files, not for ornamentation. You don't get bonused based on the amount of free space on your drives. Empty files don't take longer to back up.

Does shrinking a SQL database improve performance?

Shrinking the database to a minimum required and releasing most of the unused space is possible. This may be a positive move as the larger freed space will improve performance. But shrinking may affect your database performance significantly, if not properly done.

Should I shrink database or files?

Databases tend to grow as more data gets put in them. It's in their nature. Shrinking causes massive fragmentation and will just result in the data file growing again next time data gets added. When that happens, the entire system will slow down as the file is expanded.