---
title: "Breaking: #97131 - Removed CLI commands related to files in uploads/ folder"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-97131"
source: "Changelog/12.0/Breaking-97131-RemovedCLICommandsRelatedToFilesInUploadsFolder.rst"
typo3-version: "12.0"
typo3-major: 12
type: "breaking"
issue: 97131
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/97131"
tags: ["CLI", "NotScanned", "ext:lowlevel"]
rendered: "2026-09-20T18:31:11+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #97131 - Removed CLI commands related to files in uploads/ folder {#breaking-97131}

See [forge#97131](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/97131)

## Description {#description}

Historically, TYPO3 managed its actual files in a folder called
`uploads/` until the `File Abstraction Layer` has been introduced
in TYPO3 v6.0. The old compatibility layer using `uploads/` as
file storage folder has been removed in TYPO3 v10.

TYPO3 still has had some CLI commands which have now been
removed as they do not serve any use anymore:

-   cleanup:multiplereferencedfiles
-   cleanup:lostfiles
-   cleanup:missingfiles

## Impact {#impact}

Calling the CLI commands will result in an CLI exit code > 0,
as they have been removed.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

TYPO3 installations still having CLI tools using the CLI commands,
which serve no purpose anymore.

## Migration {#migration}

None.