How to delete old photos

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  1. wazungy

    wazungy Active Member 10 Years

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    Hi group.

    I am concerned that I will eventually run out of photo space.
    Is there a function to erase or delete old photos?

    I did a search using "delete" as a parameter but the 3 hits I got were no help.
    Yes, I realise that as an archive, all pictures and posts are valued for educational material. Still, I gotta ask.


    Waz
     
  2. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    There is a limit in theory - the size of the drive on the web server. Current usage of attachments on the web server (over the span of 4 years) is just under 4 GB. There are approx. 160 GB of free space remaining.

    Removing your attachments (with the edit command) means someone later posts "where is the original attachment?" and I then have to go through each and every one of your posts to remove the thread, since it no longer makes sense.

    In other words, I really hope you don't bother doing it, since I doubt a space limit will ever be reached (and if it is, an extra drive is cheap like borscht).
     

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