We just added an action to delete a file from your application’s storage. You just need to specify the URL of the file to delete. Keep in mind that deleting a file is different from modifying a thing, and the deletion of a file will NOT be undone by version control for the database. Use this action…

This file is deleted fine indeed. Are you sure the file is not deleted. Keep in mind that the file can be cached by the browser, so if you hit the URL after a deletion it can still be here for some time.

Hello, Same problem, I used this function to delete the file but this is not working. I can see the correct URL to be deleted but the URL remains eventhough I deleted the file and change browser (so not in the cache). I can also see the file(picture in this case) still remains in the database. is …

I created a quick test page to delete a picture file: https://testttttg.bubbleapps.io/version-test/testdeletefile?debug_mode=true Upload a picture file under a user profile see the URL link to make sure there is a link delete the file via this function I expect to have the URL deleted when I cl…

What you’re deleting here is the actual file, you’re not modifying the user object. You should do both. If you try hitting this URL in private mode, you’ll see the file isn’t there any more.

thank you Emmanuel, it works and was even able to use the default URL of an avatar picture instead of leaving a blank image. Thank you for your support.

One little bug (I believe). If you enter the name of a file that does not exist such as “test” the work flow still runs through. So you can’t trap the error. To replicate: Create input field Create a button “Delete” On button click, workflow as follows Set state deleteState=“Attempting …

Yes we did this by design, as I don’t think this is a bad error.

[New Feature] Delete file action

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You mean that I have to upload an empty picture in a sense to clear the image profile:

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[New Feature] Delete file action

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