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 ## [Purge Remote Media API](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst)
 The purge remote media API allows server admins to purge old cached remote media.
 
+#### Purge local media 
+There is no purge API for local media because you may be the only one with a copy. If you are sure you want to delete local media you could use something like the following to delete media that hasn't been accessed in a while.
+
+`find /path/to/synapse/media_store -atime +365 -delete`
+This will delete media that hasn't been accessed in 365 days.
+
 ## [Purge History API](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst)
 The purge history API allows server admins to purge historic events from their database, reclaiming disk space.