# Images that go unused by any app for 30 days will be automatically purged

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/images-that-go-unused-by-any-app-for-30-days-will-be-automatically-purged/71012>\
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**Created:** [February 21, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/images-that-go-unused-by-any-app-for-30-days-will-be-automatically-purged/71012 "2024-02-21T07:39:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nazca\_Line\_Design](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nazca_line_design/32/66287_2.png) [@Nazca\_Line\_Design](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nazca_Line_Design)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/images-that-go-unused-by-any-app-for-30-days-will-be-automatically-purged/71012/1 "2024-02-21T07:39:56Z")

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Can I ask what’s the meaning of “unused images”? If I have an online shopping app built with Glide, each item has its image, but some items have never been selected/clicked, does it mean these are unused images?

What’s the best way to avoid this happening? Would you suggest using our database for storing images or files?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/images-that-go-unused-by-any-app-for-30-days-will-be-automatically-purged/71012/2 "2024-02-21T08:03:30Z")

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> [@Nazca\_Line\_Design](#):
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> meaning of “unused images”

It means any image that is stored in Glide storage, but is not referenced in any of your tables. So if you had a row in a table with a column that contains an image url, and you delete that row, the image will no longer be referenced and will be deleted from the Glide storage in 30 days.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/images-that-go-unused-by-any-app-for-30-days-will-be-automatically-purged/71012/3 "2024-02-28T08:04:00Z")

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