# Auto purge uploads from old deleted posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-purge-uploads-from-old-deleted-posts/51306
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 9, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-purge-uploads-from-old-deleted-posts/51306 "2016-10-09T17:35:57Z")
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### Author: ![markersocial](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/markersocial/32/170136_2.png) [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-purge-uploads-from-old-deleted-posts/51306/4 "2025-11-30T07:51:03Z")

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> [@groove6j](#):
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> I wonder why this isnt more widely discussed? This is really a big problem.

My guess would be that perhaps many don’t realise uploads aren’t being purged automatically.

Just linking another relevant thread, for anyone wanting to read more:

> [@Uploads not getting orphaned and purged](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-not-getting-orphaned-and-purged/259036):
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> Hi, Recently I ended up being the last remaining admin and maintainer of a basic Discourse Docker image instance that was originally installed on our server in 2021 (I think) and mostly updated by someone else. For some time now, possibly right from the start we’ve been having a problem with uploads from soft-deleted posts not getting orphaned and purged and I’ve been trying to troubleshoot this issue again for a few days as the obsolete files keep piling up and wasting storage space. We are no…

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