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Autodelete Links

Community Beginner ,
Nov 17, 2021 Nov 17, 2021

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I've inherited quite a mess and am hoping to get some help.

 

I've got a hundred or so InDesign projects, each in their own folder. Each project has their own "Links" directory. Is there a function in InDesign that says if a file isn't actively inside the InDesign document, it gets deleted from the links folder?

 

Looking for any soulion that won't have me manually going through, link by link, and making sure I delete every unused file while keeping the used one.

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Community Expert , Nov 17, 2021 Nov 17, 2021

Hi @RyanSalyer123 , in the Links panel flyout menu there is Utilities>Copy Link(s) to..., that would let you copy the selected links into one folder with their file paths updated.

 

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Community Expert ,
Nov 17, 2021 Nov 17, 2021

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I imagine it could be scripted but the only native way to do this is to package the InDesign document. That package will only contain active links.

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Hi @RyanSalyer123 , in the Links panel flyout menu there is Utilities>Copy Link(s) to..., that would let you copy the selected links into one folder with their file paths updated.

 

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That's it Rob, thank you so much!

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