# Remove attachment completely

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-attachment-completely/70042>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-attachment-completely/70042 "2017-09-14T12:45:35Z")\
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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:** [September 29, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-attachment-completely/70042/8 "2019-09-29T15:02:29Z")

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