# Uploaded file but not referenced by app, how does it affect my quotas
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-file-but-not-referenced-by-app-how-does-it-affect-my-quotas/58889
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**Created:** [March 7, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-file-but-not-referenced-by-app-how-does-it-affect-my-quotas/58889 "2023-03-07T20:34:25Z")
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### Author:  [@pigeonflight](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pigeonflight)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-file-but-not-referenced-by-app-how-does-it-affect-my-quotas/58889/1 "2023-03-07T20:34:25Z")
How does Glide deal with temporarily uploaded files? How does it impact my quotas?
I’m reading about sending files to external services.
> [@Event-driven app with external services](https://community.glideapps.com/t/event-driven-app-with-external-services/55746/4):
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> For the “automator service”, I usually use Make. I think the only way you can do it is to send a payload via the “webhook” step that Robert mentioned, specifically the “Trigger Webhook” action in Glide, then handle the rest in Make.
My understanding is that the file is initially stored in Glide storage. The url to the file in Glide storage is sent to the external service, not the file itself. I’m looking at a scenario where the file in Glide storage will never be referenced by the app, instead, the url to be referenced will be point to where it is stored in external storage.
I also understand that, if a file is not referenced by the app, the file will be deleted eventually from storage.
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### Author:  [@slscustom.ru](https://community.glideapps.com/u/slscustom.ru)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-file-but-not-referenced-by-app-how-does-it-affect-my-quotas/58889/2 "2023-03-07T21:20:09Z")
> [@pigeonflight](#):
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> a scenario where the file in Glide storage will never be referenced by the app
Hi! If the file in Glide storage will never be referenced by the app, so it will be deleted after some times
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### Author:  [@pigeonflight](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pigeonflight)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/uploaded-file-but-not-referenced-by-app-how-does-it-affect-my-quotas/58889/3 "2023-03-07T21:56:44Z")
I’m clear on the fact that it will be deleted. I’m not clear on how it affects quotas.