Shrink database after removing extra data

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Published on 2010-04-23T09:42:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 9:53 UTC
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We have a need to fit database in 4G in order to use ms sql express edition. I started from 7G database, and found a lot of not needed records, and deleted them. After Shrink database size is 4.6G, and 748MB is free (according to database properties).

However, when i execute exec sp_spaceused i am having interesting results:

DatabaseName    Database_size   unallocation space
xxxxxx      4726.50 MB  765.42 MB

Reserved        Data          index_size      unused
3899472 KB      1608776 KB    1448400 KB      842296 KB

Any ideas, how can i bite at least some of this unused space? Also I know table, which occupied it.

update: is it worth to try to rebuild table indexes?

ALTER INDEX ALL ON Production.Product REBUILD

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