download media library

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  toddg3s · Member · Oct 23, 2016 at 3:01 am

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  We have reached our limit for the media library. We have a lot of very old files out there that we would like to delete from the server, but want to download them to keep a copy, first. Is there any way besides clicking on each link individually to download our content?

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  buckfergus · Member · Nov 16, 2016 at 1:06 am

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  I need to know this too! Does anyone know the answer?

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Nov 16, 2016 at 7:56 pm

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  Hello –

  This is a great question. There are 2 ways to do this. The first is to go through each image and manually save it. The other option is to export and <a
  href=”https://en.support.wordpress.com/import/”>import the media.

  Please remember that removing any items from the media library will also break that same image wherever it is located on the site. For example, images in posts, pages, header images, etc… will all display a broken image icon in place of the original content.

  For this reason, I would suggest that you increase your storage on the site. You can do that with WordPress.com Premium.

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  buckfergus · Member · Nov 16, 2016 at 8:45 pm

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  Thank you!

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Nov 16, 2016 at 8:56 pm

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  @buckfergus – no problem :) Take care!