Content Database large after removing BLOB

Question

My content database was 3 gigs before removing BLOB. In the process of removing BLOB, it required a merge which moved all of the files from the BLOB to my content database and made it 32 gigs. I then deleted the site containing all of the documents, but
it didn't reduce the size of my content database.
How can I clean up and get my content database back down to the original 3 gigs?

Answer 1

Thanks for your replies and interest in helping. I've been researching this for days.
In order to remove the BLOB I had to "migrate the data" into my content database. I then deleted the list and the subsite and emptied the recycle bin. After doing all the clean up I could find on the SharePoint side, I started researching the SQL
side.
I followed the instructions in the links you posted, but the Shrinking (second link) was basically the same as what I've tried already. The same steps, just from a different site.
I don't know if I should be looking at SharePoint, SQL or both. The migrate (removing the BLOB) was done in SQL, so I'm thinking it should be removed using SQL.
This is the link to the steps I used to remove the BLOB:
https://alipka.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/how-to-disable-rbs-in-sharepoint-2010/
This is the step I did that increased the DB size:
Migrate all content off RBS to SQL and disable RBS for content db:
$cdb=Get-SPContentDatabase <ContentDbName>
$rbs=$cdb.RemoteBlobStorageSettings
$rbs.GetProviderNames()
$rbs.SetActiveProviderName("")
$rbs.Migrate() –note: this might take some time depending on amount of data in your RBS store
$rbs.Disable()