# Is there a way to delete old/irrelevant uploads?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-delete-old-irrelevant-uploads/49284>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 26, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-delete-old-irrelevant-uploads/49284 "2016-08-26T16:12:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-delete-old-irrelevant-uploads/49284/12 "2017-01-09T21:56:20Z")

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The [`CleanUpUploads`](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/jobs/scheduled/clean_up_uploads.rb) job runs every hour and will delete every uploads that are not used in a post or by a user in their profile or as a category background/icon.

If uploads aren’t deleted, then they are referenced somewhere.

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