WordPress.com Forums » Topic: how do I clear my media library without removing images from my blog http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-clear-my-media-library-without-removing-images-from-my-blog WordPress.com Forums » Topic: how do I clear my media library without removing images from my blog en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 1tess on "how do I clear my media library without removing images from my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-clear-my-media-library-without-removing-images-from-my-blog#post-1128873 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:17:00 +0000 1tess 1128873@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, you will have to re-upload and insert at least a few of your pictures in order to make room in your library. You won't have to replace all of them. I have over 4500 pictures and have used only 10% of my space—>I've used that much because I accidentally uploaded about 50 full-sized files and have not gotten around to deleting them.

If you compress/resize some of the pictures to under 100kb each (you can even keep them looking fine and make them under 50kb) you'll be surprised how much space you'll make in your library.

Or purchase the space upgrade.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/space-upgrade/

]]> peekatlife on "how do I clear my media library without removing images from my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-clear-my-media-library-without-removing-images-from-my-blog#post-1128869 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:08:35 +0000 peekatlife 1128869@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you, a hard lesson learnt!

]]> 1tess on "how do I clear my media library without removing images from my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-clear-my-media-library-without-removing-images-from-my-blog#post-1128860 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:57:42 +0000 1tess 1128860@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your pictures are too big for displaying online. You should resize and optimize your pictures before uploading them to the library:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/image-optimization/

http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/image-optimization/

]]> 1tess on "how do I clear my media library without removing images from my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-clear-my-media-library-without-removing-images-from-my-blog#post-1128853 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:45:17 +0000 1tess 1128853@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you delete files from your library they will certainly disappear from your blog. The picture files are not stored in your posts. The picture files are stored in your library and when you want to display a picture on a post (or page), the wordpress software goes to the library to get it.

If you go to your real library to get a book to read and the book is missing, then you cannot read that book. Same with the virtual library here on wordpress: if the file is missing then there is nothing for the software to read (display).

]]> peekatlife on "how do I clear my media library without removing images from my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-clear-my-media-library-without-removing-images-from-my-blog#post-1128851 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:39:09 +0000 peekatlife 1128851@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ my media library was getting full, to clear it I deleted photos which have now been removed from all my posts

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