# How to Delete Uploaded Files?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-uploaded-files/25001
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 9, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-uploaded-files/25001 "2015-02-09T07:53:55Z")
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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: [February 9, 2015, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-uploaded-files/25001/3 "2015-02-09T08:39:57Z")

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There is a cleanup task that automatically removes images which are no longer referenced in any Discourse post. It’s something @zogstrip added a year+ ago.

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