Can I delete images permanently?

• pjeaje

• September 9, 2013 at 1:02 pm

Can I delete images permanently (from the custom field image on the edit page) without having to go into the media manager?

Thanks

• Elliot

• September 9, 2013 at 1:14 pm

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/

• pjeaje

• September 9, 2013 at 1:17 pm

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• Elliot

• September 10, 2013 at 12:55 pm

Hi @pjeaje

No, the above code will not delete images.
It is a demonstration of how you can hook into the update_value filter and delete it with code.

Please remember that this is a support forum, not a free development service. I can point you in the right direction with functions, docs and general help, but I will not write your custom code for you.

Thanks
E

• pjeaje

• September 10, 2013 at 1:13 pm

Please remember that this is a support forum, not a free development service.

Thanks I never forgot, I was just asking as i didn’t know what the code did.

• drivebass

• January 10, 2015 at 9:51 pm

Do we have to use a specific field name for this, to get the previous value? I mean does this apply: get_field($field, $post_id) or we have to specify a field name like this ‘get_field(‘field_name’, $post_id)’. could you possibly write this tutorial, it would be much appreciated. Anyone found a solution on this?