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February 27, 2025
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Delete non-accepted images?

How can I delete my non-accepted images so they don't take up storage space?

photorebelle
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Inspiring
February 27, 2025

No, you can't.

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Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2025

Storage is cheap. These tiny thumbnails take up a tiny portion of the database of nearly 700 million images. Don't worry about it.

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Abambo
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Community Expert
February 27, 2025
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Storage is cheap. These tiny thumbnails take up a tiny portion of the database of nearly 700 million images. Don't worry about it.


By @Jill_C

You're right, Adobe would do something about that, if that would be an issue for them. And anyone should strive to get less refusals if that is of concern.

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
PapatasiAuthor
Participant
February 27, 2025

Thank you for the answers! I understand and will not deal with this any further.

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photorebelle
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Inspiring
February 27, 2025

No, you can't.

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PapatasiAuthor
Participant
February 27, 2025

Why can't it be deleted?

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Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2025

Because they don't take up storage because the thumbnails you see are just square crops of downsampled copies of your assets. They will stay in your account forever. It's just informative, there is no real data stored behind, except what you see on screen.

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer