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  • Hi @pjeaje

    By default, no.

    However, you could hook into the image update_value action and look for an empty value. If found, you could lookup the old value (get_field) and then use the ID to remove it from the DB completely.

    You can target all image update_value actions like so:

    
    function my_acf_update_value( $value, $post_id, $field  )
    {
        // do something else to the $post object via the $post_id
     
        return $value;
    }
     
    add_filter('acf/update_value/type=image', 'my_acf_update_value', 10, 3);
    

    Learn more:
    http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/filters/acfupdate_value/