topic Files in alf_data/contentstore are not deleted in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/files-in-alf-data-contentstore-are-not-deleted/m-p/59302#M21012 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I just clean up my system to delete whole files (3 years old collections of documents) from the front-end manually</P><P>Then also delete it from the trash bin.</P><P>But when I checked into&nbsp;alf_data/contentstore, those files are still there and occupy disk space.</P><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>alfresco@dmsdev:/opt/alfresco-community/alf_data$ du -h --max-depth=1 contentstore/<BR />12G&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; contentstore/2017<BR />31M&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; contentstore/2016<BR />14G&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; contentstore/2018<BR />25G&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; contentstore/‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><P>My questions:</P><P>1. How to ensure that those files are safe to delete?</P><P>2. How to check between list on database and file system, so if we are not found files in db, then we are safe to delete on file system.</P><P></P><P>Thank you,</P><P>[bayu]</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:28:31 GMT billydekid 2018-08-19T12:28:31Z Files in alf_data/contentstore are not deleted https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/files-in-alf-data-contentstore-are-not-deleted/m-p/59302#M21012 Hi,I just clean up my system to delete whole files (3 years old collections of documents) from the front-end manuallyThen also delete it from the trash bin.But when I checked into&nbsp;alf_data/contentstore, those files are still there and occupy disk space.alfresco@dmsdev:/opt/alfresco-community/alf_dat Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:28:31 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/files-in-alf-data-contentstore-are-not-deleted/m-p/59302#M21012 billydekid 2018-08-19T12:28:31Z Re: Files in alf_data/contentstore are not deleted https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/files-in-alf-data-contentstore-are-not-deleted/m-p/59303#M21013 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi:</P><P></P><P>Once deleted from trahscan,&nbsp;after a period of 14 days by default, content&nbsp;will be moved to contentstore.deleted (and then you can delete them from disk safely). In 30 days, node references will be purged from database.</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://i1.wp.com/blyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Slide1.png" title="https://i1.wp.com/blyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Slide1.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://i1.wp.com/blyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Slide1.png</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Regards.</P><P>--C.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Aug 2018 20:11:12 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/files-in-alf-data-contentstore-are-not-deleted/m-p/59303#M21013 cesarista 2018-08-19T20:11:12Z Re: Files in alf_data/contentstore are not deleted https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/files-in-alf-data-contentstore-are-not-deleted/m-p/59304#M21014 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you <B>Cesar Capillas</B>‌, I didn't know about 14 days contents will be moved to contentstore.deleted.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Aug 2018 22:08:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/files-in-alf-data-contentstore-are-not-deleted/m-p/59304#M21014 billydekid 2018-08-19T22:08:11Z