From 1c03b23567a3098b9ab5df64b14e0dea8d1414ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 06:58:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #18413 - Noted that a model's files are not deleted when the model is deleted. Thanks lawgon for the report. --- docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index 4797e8b26b..02d8453b83 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -668,6 +668,11 @@ the field. Note: This method will close the file if it happens to be open when The optional ``save`` argument controls whether or not the instance is saved after the file has been deleted. Defaults to ``True``. +Note that when a model is deleted, related files are not deleted. If you need +to cleanup orphaned files, you'll need to handle it yourself (for instance, +with a custom management command that can be run manually or scheduled to run +periodically via e.g. cron). + ``FilePathField`` -----------------