Commit b1462e0a authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.4.X] Fixed #18413 - Noted that a model's files are not deleted when the... 

[1.4.X] Fixed #18413 - Noted that a model's files are not deleted when the model is deleted. Thanks lawgon for the report.

Backport of 1c03b235 from master
parent cf482d6e

docs/ref/models/fields.txt

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@@ -672,6 +672,11 @@ the field. Note: This method will close the file if it happens to be open when 
The optional ``save`` argument controls whether or not the instance is saved

after the file has been deleted. Defaults to ``True``.



Note that when a model is deleted, related files are not deleted. If you need

to cleanup orphaned files, you'll need to handle it yourself (for instance,

with a custom management command that can be run manually or scheduled to run

periodically via e.g. cron).



``FilePathField``

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