# File Manager switch to live

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-manager-switch-to-live/121131>\
**Category:** Need help\
**Created:** [November 15, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-manager-switch-to-live/121131 "2020-11-15T17:14:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![thomas.gounot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/thomas.gounot/32/74988_2.png) [@thomas.gounot](https://forum.bubble.io/u/thomas.gounot)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-manager-switch-to-live/121131/1 "2020-11-15T17:14:34Z")

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Hi everyone,

I have a lot of orphan files in my file manager. It’s really long to delete all of them (around 10,000).

When I switch dev database to live, is File Manager overwritten (like the data fields) ? It could be a solution to remove all the file from Live File Manager.

If not, each time I switch to live a datatype (for example “products” in my cases, with images for each products), the previous products and images are still in the File Manager live version ? Even if I decided to overwrite the live database ?

Thanks for your help,  
Thomas

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**Author:** ![cmarchan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/cmarchan/32/253062_2.png) [@cmarchan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/cmarchan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-manager-switch-to-live/121131/2 "2020-11-15T17:31:26Z")

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Just consider that Bubble has 2 databases. Development and live. Completely separate from each other.

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**Author:** ![thomas.gounot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/thomas.gounot/32/74988_2.png) [@thomas.gounot](https://forum.bubble.io/u/thomas.gounot)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-manager-switch-to-live/121131/3 "2020-11-15T17:37:56Z")

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Thanks for your answer!

So do you confirm that my dev File Manager with 2,000 uploaded files will overwrite my live File Manager with 10,000 uploaded files ?

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**Author:** ![cmarchan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/cmarchan/32/253062_2.png) [@cmarchan](https://forum.bubble.io/u/cmarchan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-manager-switch-to-live/121131/4 "2020-11-15T17:52:38Z")

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Recommend you check with Bubble at [support@bubble.io](mailto:support@bubble.io) prior to taking a step like that. File manager could have routines to watch for.

Also … perhaps you can also run an experiment with another quick app that you can build.

Please share your findings 👍

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/8/2847faa74692c2ffa5d939d3dc3724cdd060d247.png) [@system](https://forum.bubble.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/file-manager-switch-to-live/121131/5 "2021-01-24T17:14:37Z")

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