Title: Delete old avatars automatically
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Delete old avatars automatically

 *  Resolved [Henry Wright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrywright/)
 * (@henrywright)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-old-avatars-automatically/)
 * Old avatars can’t be reused and just sit on the server taking up space. When 
   a new avatar is uploaded by a user, can their old one be deleted?
 * **EDIT:** Please close this ticket – old avatars **are** deleted! I didn’t see`
   unlink()` in the plugin file. Apologies.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-local-avatars/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-local-avatars/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Henry Wright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrywright/)
 * (@henrywright)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-old-avatars-automatically/#post-4784936)
 * Resolved.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-old-avatars-automatically/#post-4784936)
 * Status: resolved