[GH-ISSUE #484] Delete document storage data when document is deleted #371

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opened 2026-02-25 21:31:47 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @ciur on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/484

Originally assigned to: @ciur on GitHub.

For each document there two folders where associated data (e.g. original document, OCR data per page) is stored:

docs folder where document itself is stored
sidecars where OCR data is stored

Both folders are under media root (settings.MEDIA_ROOT) and are of following format:

<media root>/docs/<user id>/<doc id>
<media root>/sidecars/<user id>/<doc id>

When deleting document - it is expected that both associated folders will be deleted :

<media root>/docs/<user id>/<doc id>
<media root>/sidecars/<user id>/<doc id>

However, current functionality (which is a bug) is that when document is deleted, its sidecar folder still remains.

Originally created by @ciur on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/484 Originally assigned to: @ciur on GitHub. For each document there two folders where associated data (e.g. original document, OCR data per page) is stored: - ``docs`` folder where document itself is stored - ``sidecars`` where OCR data is stored Both folders are under media root (``settings.MEDIA_ROOT``) and are of following format: - ``<media root>/docs/<user id>/<doc id>`` - ``<media root>/sidecars/<user id>/<doc id>`` When deleting document - it **is expected that both associated folders will be deleted** : - ``<media root>/docs/<user id>/<doc id>`` - ``<media root>/sidecars/<user id>/<doc id>`` However, current functionality (which is a bug) is that when document is deleted, its sidecar folder still remains.