Project Template creation

[TinaKwitkoski]

Hi 

I am trying to create new project templates and the size of them are rather large compared to the ones i created in December. The only change is we updated to ArcGIS Pro 3.6 Does anyone know why they are so large and how to make them smaller?

The only change I made in the template was adding new piece of text. 

Any help much appreciated. 

[AdrianWelsh]

That doesn't look right at all! Are you storing a large aerial image in that new template? That would be the only thing I would think would increase the size like that.

[TinaKwitkoski]

No, in both templates we have the esri image basemap. 

[Robert_LeClair · Accepted solution]

This "may" be related as it was observed in 3.6 and does result in LARGE *.aptx files.  BUG-000182192 - "Project templates (.aptx files) created in ArcGIS Pro 3.6.x include all project data."  It's currently under review by Esri Support Services.