Are image attachments leaked after deleted images/notes?

heyfluke · 2024-10-03T17:24:47.374Z

Operating system

macOS

Joplin version

3.0.15

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.0.15 (prod, darwin)

Client ID: e5a8169fbe32400a9dfceffeede9521e
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 47
Keychain Supported: Yes

Revision: 598677b

Backup: 1.4.1

What issue do you have?

I am new to joplin and tested image attachment storage.

I find that no matter I delete image markdown content in text or delete entire note, the pasted images will become orphaned.

I am sure I emptied my trash bin so the resource should be deleted because they won't be recovered.

reproduce steps:

add new note
paste image to note
right click on the image in md viewer, reveal in finder
delete md content and see resource folder
delete note & empty trash bin & check resource folder

personalizedrefriger · 2024-10-03T17:38:53.784Z

This forum post should be relevant:

Do attachments (pictures) unattached to any note get deleted, if Note History is disabled? Support

From local testing, resources do seem to be automatically deleted when note history is disabled (though as per <a class="mention" href="/u/harsel">@HarSel</a>'s comment perhaps there's a bug that causes them not to be deleted in some cases). The amount of time they're kept still seems to be based on the Keep note history for (days) setting (even when note history is off).
Summary of testing: Started Joplin 2.14.9 (dev mode) Created a note Attached an…

At present, how long attachments are kept after being unlinked from all notes is determined by the "Keep note history for" setting.

heyfluke · 2024-10-06T12:16:30.858Z

Ok. thank you for your reply.
Though I think this is a bug because you don't have any chance to find back the orphan contents if you've emptied trash.

system · 2024-11-05T12:17:11.232Z

This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.