# Können Bilder oder Dateien verwaist werden?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-images-files-become-orphaned/75006>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [29. November 2017 um 10:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-images-files-become-orphaned/75006 "2017-11-29T10:59:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [29. November 2017 um 11:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-images-files-become-orphaned/75006/2 "2017-11-29T11:03:31Z")

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> [@RobMeade](#):
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> Is there a process that looks for orphaned images/files and then removes them?

Yes, exactly, it is called “tombstoning”, any image not referenced by any post is eventually culled.

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