# Red error box in paraview bar

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/red-error-box-in-paraview-bar/15624
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/red-error-box-in-paraview-bar/15624 "2024-10-24T02:57:26Z")
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### Author: ![wem80](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/5daacb/32.png) [@wem80](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wem80)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/red-error-box-in-paraview-bar/15624/1 "2024-10-24T02:57:26Z")

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Hi,

I’m wondering what has caused this red box to turn up on my paraview screen. Looks like I am out of storage or something, how can I fix it? cheers Emma

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/red-error-box-in-paraview-bar/15624/2 "2024-10-24T07:51:28Z")

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Hi @wem80

The “red box” means that you are almost out of memory and should be wary of opening large datasets in ParaView.