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# ⚠️ What to do if you reached Airtable’s record limit

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably reached (or are about to reach) Airtable’s record limitation.
Don’t worry, this is a common situation, and there are several easy ways to fix it.

# Understanding the Airtable record limit

Every Airtable plan includes a **maximum number of records** per base.
A *record* is basically a row inside your table.

If your Shopify store has a lot of data, you might hit this limit while syncing.

__Example: a product with **3 variants** will use **4 records** in total:__
* 1 in the `Products` table
* 3 in the `Variants` table

Once you exceed your Airtable plan’s record limit, the base becomes read-only, and SyncBase can no longer update or sync data.

# How to fix it

To keep syncing your Shopify data, you have three options:

1. Increase your Airtable record allowance
2. Sync less data from Shopify
3. Sync your data to multiple bases

Let’s explore these solutions 👇

### Upgrade your Airtable plan

The simplest and most direct solution is to **upgrade your Airtable plan**.

A higher plan gives you a larger record allowance and usually better performance overall.
You can check your current record usage directly inside your Airtable base (bottom left corner of your screen).

### Sync less data from Shopify

If you prefer not to upgrade your plan, you can reduce how much data you sync.

###### Unsync an entire group of data

If you don’t need certain data (eg. `Orders Metafields`)** simply exclude that entire tab** from your synchronization settings.

###### Unsync specific data

You can also exclude individual items using the `SyncIgnore` tag.

For example, you can prevent draft products or archived collections from syncing.

👉 [See our dedicated guide](https://help.syncbase.app/en/article/exclude-specific-data-from-your-synchronization-zz7981/)

###### Delete old or unused data (Orders and Customers only) 

Some tables, like `Orders` or `Customers`, tend to grow quickly.

If you only need recent records, you can set up an **Airtable automation** to delete older ones.
Example: automatically remove orders created more than 30 days ago.

| Need help setting this up? Our in-house experts can do it for you, just reach out via the live chat.

###### Delete records from the `Sync Errors` table

The `Sync Errors` table contains informational records about past synchronization issues.
Once you’ve verified that all errors have been fixed, you can safely **delete these records** to free up space in your Airtable base.

### Sync to multiple Airtable bases (Enterprise feature)

If you’re using SyncBase on the **Enterprise plan**, you can **distribute your data across multiple Airtable bases**.

Each base has its own record limit, so splitting your data gives you a much higher total capacity.