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Add note on purging local media

Aaron Raimist 2019-06-08 19:30:59 -05:00
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Synapse-database-maintenance-tools.md

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## [Purge Remote Media API](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst) ## [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. 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) ## [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. The purge history API allows server admins to purge historic events from their database, reclaiming disk space.