topic Cleaning contentstore in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/cleaning-contentstore/m-p/70670#M23151 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have cleaned contentstore, which was about 2 GB, from user files via script</P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>var docs = search.luceneSearch("PATH:\"/app:company_home/cm:main//*\" AND TYPE:\"doc:somecontent\"");</P><P>var i;<BR /> for (i=0; i&lt;docs.length; i++)<BR /> {<BR /> docs[i].remove();<BR /> }</P><P>//folders</P><P>var docs = search.luceneSearch("PATH:\"/app:company_home/cm:main//*\" AND TYPE:\"cm:folder\" AND NOT TYPE:\"cm:systemfolder\" AND NOT @cm\\:name:\"folder1\" AND NOT @cm\\:name:\"<SPAN>folder2</SPAN>\" AND NOT @cm\\:name:\"<SPAN>folder3</SPAN>\" AND NOT @cm\\:name:\"<SPAN>folder4</SPAN>\" AND NOT @cm\\:name:\"<SPAN>folder5</SPAN>\" AND NOT @cm\\:name:\"<SPAN>folder6</SPAN>\" ");<BR /> var i;<BR /> for (i=0; i&lt;docs.length; i++)<BR /> {<BR /> docs[i].remove();<BR /> }</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P></P><P>When the&nbsp;contentstore was&nbsp;empty, I emptied trashcan too.</P><P>So the trashcan is absolutely empty.</P><P>The Alfresco instance is nearly clean, but the <SPAN>contentstore on file system is still of 2GB size.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>How is it possible to remove unused content from repository on file system?</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Alfresco Community (Build: 201612)</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:56:47 GMT skushnerenko 2018-09-04T07:56:47Z Cleaning contentstore https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/cleaning-contentstore/m-p/70670#M23151 I have cleaned contentstore, which was about 2 GB, from user files via scriptvar docs = search.luceneSearch("PATH:\"/app:company_home/cm:main//*\" AND TYPE:\"doc:somecontent\"");var i; for (i=0; i&lt;docs.length; i++) { docs[i].remove(); }//foldersvar docs = search.luceneSearch("PATH:\"/app:company_ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:56:47 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/cleaning-contentstore/m-p/70670#M23151 skushnerenko 2018-09-04T07:56:47Z Re: Cleaning contentstore https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/cleaning-contentstore/m-p/70671#M23152 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have found a solution, seems like the repository is purged by special job contentStoreCleaner:</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/concepts/clean-content.html" title="http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/concepts/clean-content.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cleaning up orphaned content (purge) | Alfresco Documentation</A>&nbsp;</P><P>And it should take by default about 14 days to&nbsp;purge unused content.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:17:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/cleaning-contentstore/m-p/70671#M23152 skushnerenko 2018-09-04T09:17:43Z Re: Cleaning contentstore https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/cleaning-contentstore/m-p/70672#M23153 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Maybe this helps:</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>In Alfresco 5 you can set this parameter for reducing this protection:</P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>system.content.orphanProtectDays=14</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Also if you apply&nbsp;<STRONG>sys:temporary</STRONG> aspect before deleting you will bypass the thrascan.</P><P></P><P>Regards.</P><P>--C.</P><P></P><P>Final hint: use better search.query() instead search.luceneSearch()</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:58:29 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/cleaning-contentstore/m-p/70672#M23153 cesarista 2018-09-05T19:58:29Z