DEPRECATION WARNING

This documentation is not using the current rendering mechanism and is probably outdated. The extension maintainer should switch to the new system. Details on how to use the rendering mechanism can be found here.

What does it do?

  • This backend extension finds any file uploaded by an editor which is not used anymore in the CMS
  • A file is »orphaned« if it is not referenced in the CMS by an upload field, a link in an input field nor inside of a text
  • Please note that no backup is made, the files will be completely deleted, so be careful and use this extension at your own risk
  • Please have in mind that TYPO3 is creating a copy of a file for most file uploads
    • The copy in »/uploads/« (a system folder, which is not selectable by an editor) will remain if it's referenced in the CMS, but the original file in the filestorage in »/fileadmin/user_upload/« will be marked as orphaned
  • Please note: This extension was conceived for TYPO3 version 4.5 and therefore ignores FAL! In TYPO3 versions higher than 6.0 it should only be used to search for orphaned files of legacy extensions!