Problem/Motivation

Files are still set to "in use" even after the file is removed from the original content type. This makes it hard to remove the file through the normal Drupal clean up process.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create site
  2. Enable `media` and `media library` modules
  3. Add new file field to `article` content type
  4. Create a new `article`, add a file and save it
  5. Edit new `article` by removing old file and adding a new one
  6. Go to /admin/content/files
  7. Verify that old files still shows in use

Proposed resolution

Since the content article no longer utilizes the file, it should reflect on the file usage as "0".

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Comments

jedgar1mx created an issue. See original summary.

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cilefen commented

Thanks for taking the time to report a bug.

There are a lot of issues about file usage tracking, centered in #2821423: Dealing with unexpected file deletion due to incorrect file usage. Can you verify this issue is unique? If it is I will connect this issue to it.

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jedgar1mx commented

Hi @cilefen, I looked in the issue queue for an issue that matched this problem but I didn't find it.

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cilefen commented
Related issues: +#2821423: Dealing with unexpected file deletion due to incorrect file usage

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