# How to permanently delete image?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-permanently-delete-image/28220>\
**Category:** Forum Help\
**Created:** [12 June 2020 10:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-permanently-delete-image/28220 "2020-06-12T10:13:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![JSONata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JSONata](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JSONata)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 10:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-permanently-delete-image/28220/1 "2020-06-12T10:13:51Z")

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Hi,

accidentally I wanted to paste some lines of code, but I pasted a screencopy. Although I didn't post the wrong message, the Image can still be accessed via direct link to [tdiscourse-cloud-file-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com](http://tdiscourse-cloud-file-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com) . How can it be removed permanently?

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 10:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-permanently-delete-image/28220/2 "2020-06-12T10:26:36Z")

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Hi @JSONata - good question. I can't find a definitive answer in the discourse forum help guide. There is a clean-up task that runs to remove uploads that are not referenced in any posts - but only after 48 hours. Is that sufficient?

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**Author:** ![JSONata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JSONata](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JSONata)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 10:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-permanently-delete-image/28220/3 "2020-06-12T10:33:41Z")

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Yeah thats sufficient. I'll take a look in 3 days to verify that the image is really gone. Thanks for helping so fast.

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**Author:** ![JSONata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JSONata](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JSONata)\
**Post date:** [15 June 2020 22:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-permanently-delete-image/28220/4 "2020-06-15T22:47:01Z")

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Can confirm, Image is now gone. But I think it took a bit longer than 48 hours.