Deleting media that isn’t referenced on a page/blog post

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  teamqualityservices · Member · Feb 7, 2023 at 4:39 pm

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  Hello,
  We’re currently trying to clean up some media that we have that we’re no longer using. After looking at it online, I don’t want to delete ‘unattached’ media, as there’s a possibility that an unattached media file can still be tied to an active webpage/blog.

  Is there a way for me to see a list of all media that isn’t currently being used on our website? Any help would be appreciated, as we can’t find any clear answers online. Thanks!

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Feb 8, 2023 at 3:17 am

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  Hi there,

  We can’t help directly because we don’t host teamqualityservices.com on our WordPress.com managed hosting. As a result, we can’t take a closer look at your site.

  Instead your host uses the open-source variant of the WordPress platform — sometimes called “WordPress.org” — which functions differently than what we offer here on WordPress.com.

  The good news is that help is available here at the open-source WordPress forums: https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/

  The folks in that forum are more familiar with these kinds of issues and are in the best position to help. Thanks!