# Image Storage Question

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/image-storage-question/87715>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/image-storage-question/87715 "2026-09-22T15:19:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Brad\_S1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/brad_s1/32/92549_2.png) [@Brad\_S1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Brad_S1)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/image-storage-question/87715/1 "2026-09-22T15:19:07Z")

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Hi so to save rows, I am storing my data into the same column with separator symbol to later be split.

Will the image go dormant into deleting, because it’s not in an image column, but stored in a text string?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/image-storage-question/87715/2 "2026-09-24T07:38:26Z")

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I doubt it, I think Glide counts it as a “reference” of the link, thus the image won’t be deleted.

The deletion would only happen if the link is not referenced anywhere.