Posted by stpaultim on Thu, Sep 15, 2022 - 9:49pm --- Updated: Sep 15 '22 - 9:51pm

The above file was being used. I removed it from the piece of content it was being used for. 

Does this mean that it will automatically be deleted at some point? If so, when?

I just ran cron and nothing happened.

Comments

Fri, Sep 16, 2022 - 5:31am by argiepiano

The cron job system_cron() will delete temporary files after the max time stipulated by a constant (6 hours)

Wed, Sep 21, 2022 - 12:40pm by kiamlaluno

Those six hours is the reason why temporary file aren't immediately deleted when cron tasks run. If then there are many temporary file to delete, a single run isn't sufficient to delete all the files.