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Does this deletion immediately free up that slot/quota in my pending queue, allowing me to upload a new file in its place right away?

Forum|Forum|12 hours ago
July 15, 2026
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I have a technical question regarding how the contributor upload limits and the moderation queue work.

If my account reaches the maximum limit of pending files (causing the upload button to be temporarily disabled with the message about having too much content pending moderation), and I decide to manually delete (cancel) one or more files that are still waiting for review in the "In Review" tab:

Does this deletion immediately free up that slot/quota in my pending queue, allowing me to upload a new file in its place right away?
Or is the upload block based strictly on a 7-day rolling calendar, meaning that deleting pending files won't unblock the upload button?

I want to better manage my queue and delete some files that I realized have minor quality issues before they get reviewed, but I want to make sure how this affects my active upload limits.

Thank you.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Regardless of quotas, you should be submitting ONLY your highest quality work.

Any assets you feel uncertain about should be removed.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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moura1990Author

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I know that. What I want to know is this. If I reach my 50-file submission limit and delete some files, either from the "New" section or from the "In Review" section, will the system automatically free up submission slots, or will I still have to wait. I posted in the community to see if anyone else had done this and succeeded, or had a similar experience. In any case, I also contacted support to find out; maybe they’ll give me the answer I’m looking for.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

It depends on which quotas you’ve exceeded --- the weekly submission quota, or the maximum user quota. You’ll have to try it and see what happens.

Good luck.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

daniellei4510

Community Expert

If you’re not happy with the images in question that you feel need improvement, I’d delete them, regardless of the outcome with regard to submission limits. But that’s just me. :)

Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.

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moura1990Author

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If you’re not happy with the images in question that you feel need improvement, I’d delete them, regardless of the outcome with regard to submission limits. But that’s just me. :)

I know that. What I want to know is this. If I reach my 50-file submission limit and delete some files, either from the "New" section or from the "In Review" section, will the system automatically free up submission slots, or will I still have to wait?

daniellei4510

Community Expert

That’s what we don’t know. But if you delete them and it opens up room, let us know for future reference. I don’t recall this issue ever coming up before.

Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.

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moura1990Author

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I'm going to check with support.

Jill_C

Community Expert

Answers to both of these questions are carefully guarded secrets, and any response you might receive here is somewhat of a guess. Since you acknowledge that some of your previously submitted work awaiting review could be improved, go ahead and delete a couple of those and see what impact that has on the submission button - whether it remains grayed out or not.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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moura1990Author

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Thanks.

I'm going to check with support. I wanted to know if anyone did this and reverted automatically.

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