Image management options

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Is there any way to manage images in MV 4.17.1 ?

I believe I have images that are likely no longer attached to products or duplicates after optimizing that, I feel may not be needed.
Any solutions on getting to these images without crawling through the server files?

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I am afraid, there is no ready-to-use tool

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Well there’s an idea for a project! Haha

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@ecomlabs when using the optimizing addon, I accidentally kept the “create a backup” option checked and converted to webp.

I realize now I have all these extra images taking up hosting space for no reason. Any way to delete them through the addon??

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I am afraid, there is no such a tool. You can do it from the file manager of the hosting dashboard

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Is there a specific folder or area?
It baffles me that there is nothing to manage such files on such an advanced platform. It’s like owning a supercar without a way to change the oil. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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It’s been a long time since I have had to but what I do is export product images. This will create a csv file and also backup your images to /var/files/[company_id/exim/backup/images/. Then I delete the /images/detailed and /images/thumbnails folders. Then take your csv file created in the first step and re-import the images from the backed up file location.

The problem with this is that all of your images will be in a different location than before meaning it will take a while for the search engines to re-crawl them.

The other problem is something that @CS-Cart_team mentioned in one of my previous post is that other images are put in the detailed and thumbnails folder. I think it was promos or something?

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Of course I’m no developer, but I never understood why so many variations have to be created. Do we really require 9 copies of the same file? Just eats away at everyones storage.
Love the plaform, sometimes I get frustrated, but overall I can’t see myself using anything else. However, there is always room for improvement.
@thetool I may consider what you described, may require your guidance though.

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Please delete CSCART_ROOT/images/backup_images_optimization

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