# Deleting user images when using the rails console to delete users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-user-images-when-using-the-rails-console-to-delete-users/76497
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [20 Dezembro , 2017 17:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-user-images-when-using-the-rails-console-to-delete-users/76497 "2017-12-20T17:24:31Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [20 Dezembro , 2017 17:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-user-images-when-using-the-rails-console-to-delete-users/76497/2 "2017-12-20T17:26:11Z")

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They’ll get deleted eventually. A process runs and moves unlinked images to a “tombstone” directory and then they get deleted 30 days later.

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