Managing orphaned media files?

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  samiareed · Member · Jul 11, 2013 at 6:14 pm

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  How can I replace a media file and keep the same url? Deleting and reuploading seems to create a loop of incrementally higher numbers… =(

  I have a PDF form that no longer shows up in my media library, but is still on the server somewhere. Because the tinyurl is published in promotional materials, I simply need to replace the existing file with the updated one.

  The ghost form can still be found at http://tinyurl.com/YLCProposal2013 which is the incorrect file and is NOT listed in my media library. =(

  The updated form that should replace it is here http://tmyouth.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/2013-youth-leadership-conference-prospective-presenters-form3.pdf.

  Help?!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2013 at 6:21 pm

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  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove any indexed items from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. WordPress.com doesn’t have any control over that. For more information you can read our FAQ about search engines here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 11, 2013 at 6:25 pm

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  How can I replace a media file and keep the same url?

  The system at WordPress.COM does not allow that to be done.

  I have PDF files that I provide on my site – I never give out the URL of the PDF or other media – the link to the Post or Page is all I send out – then if I update a file (happens on a regular basis) I upload the new file and change the link in the Post or Page –