While browsing my resources folder, I noticed hundreds of photos that no longer are related to a note. Deleting them through the attachments view is tedious as I can only delete one at a time, and then must scroll through the list again to locate the next deletion. Could I simply delete these from …

[image] truthsword: Could I simply delete these from the resources table without causing harms to the database? Don't do this - I tried this as a test. Causes sync conflicts and AFAIK, no way to resolve the conflicts unless you start a new JoplinProfile.

Thanks... not the answer I hoped for, as I now see countless htm files which appear orphaned... [image] and I feel compelled to remove them :face_vomiting:

So maybe there’s another “simple” way to clean this up? For example, I exported (JEX) my database and noticed that the JEX resources folder has no htm entries, nor do I see the presence of the unattached photo files. What if I deleted the contents of my profiles’ /resources folder, and then import…

there are a lot of threads on this already. please search [image] Are images deleted if they are no longer included in any note? Support The problem is that I do not know, if the API actually takes the history into account either. This is something only @laurent would kno…

[image] truthsword: So maybe there’s another “simple” way to clean this up? Post, follow the bug via https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/932 Hopefully it's fixed soon

It was far less onerous to delete the profile and restore from JEX. Thanks for the bug link.

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joeschmoe 14 June 2020 19:00 5

there are a lot of threads on this already. please search

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