# Ionic build - minify json files

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-minify-json-files/110812>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [November 2, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-minify-json-files/110812 "2017-11-02T14:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daskus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Daskus](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Daskus)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-minify-json-files/110812/1 "2017-11-02T14:04:15Z")

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I am using [ngx-translate](https://github.com/ngx-translate/core) to translate my ionic app.  
The app supports multiple languages and the json files are getting bigger and bigger.

`ionic build --prod` does not minify these json files.

Is there a way to minify them during the build process?

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**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-build-minify-json-files/110812/2 "2021-07-19T22:06:53Z")

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