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Jan 25, 2022 9:10 PM UTC
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keep unused files of the hosting server.

After I build a site I have local content that is superfluous such as test pages and unused images. Is there a way to determine which files (pages, images, etc) are not linked to anything on the web site and don't need to be uploaded to the server?

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robertrabAuthor
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Jan 25, 2022 9:29 PM UTC

Thank you. I'll give the a try.

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B i r n o u
Legend
Jan 26, 2022 10:16 AM UTC

to complete what @Nancy OShea said, once the search (Ctrl - F8) will be done, you will have to filter by the pop up menu to get the orphaned files... BUT... act with care because, all images, linked by database, or CSS, or any extrnal host that wont be a direct plain HTML link will be displayed...

so i.e I have a small web site, that display this result...

so, belive me, or not, but I wont delete and removed the 1153 orphaned files 🙂

 

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Nancy OShea
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Community Expert
Jan 26, 2022 7:22 PM UTC

Dreamweaver only works on local site files.

 

I use other tools for tracking unused files on remote server.  The one I use crawls dynamically generated files and sends a report to my email.  It can optionally remove unused assets from server too, if I allow it.

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jan 25, 2022 9:27 PM UTC

Find unused assets with Dreamweaver's Link Checker.  See screenshot.

 

 

More tools:

https://alt-web.com/TUTORIALS/?id=remove_unused_site_files

 

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert