XF 2.2 How to delete old attachments?

[tpmedia]

I have googled this but found nothing obvious. Is there a way of deleting all attachments more than say 5 years old? And is there a way of setting up a cron job or something to do that on a regular basis. The attachment browser obviously let you do that a few at a time but I want to remove many thousands.

Thanks

 

[Paul B]

If the attachment manager in the ACP doesn't provide the functionality you need, custom development would be required.

 

[briansol]

This is a pretty bad idea. never delete anything. you'll regret it later.

if you're out of space, move your attachments to s3.

 

[tpmedia]

If the attachment manager in the ACP doesn't provide the functionality you need, custom development would be required.

I've got over 100,000 attachments more than 5 years old, deleting 20 at a time is not fun

you'll regret it later.

I absolutely won't

if you're out of space, move your attachments to s3.

How would I do that and how much does it cost?

 

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[Max Taxable]

I've got over 100,000 attachments more than 5 years old

You're gonna have 100,000 404 not found errors in search engine results.

 

[tpmedia]

Thanks All