Title: Delete or Lost Media
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Delete or Lost Media

 *  [smithgt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smithgt/)
 * (@smithgt)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-or-lost-media/)
 * I’ve just deleted my Admin account, and all the media that had been uploaded 
   seems to have been lost – is there a Trash folder for Media?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-or-lost-media/#post-3659692)
 * No there isn’t. Have you confirmed – using FTP – that the image files are still
   present in wp-content/uploads?
 *  Thread Starter [smithgt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smithgt/)
 * (@smithgt)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-or-lost-media/#post-3659694)
 * I’ve checked via FTP and the original folders are empty 🙁
 * I’m hoping I have a hosting backup….
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-or-lost-media/#post-3659696)
 * Deleting your admin account wouldn’t delete all of those image files. This sounds
   far more like there’s been an issue on your server. I certainly think that you
   need to contact your hosts about it asap.
 *  Thread Starter [smithgt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smithgt/)
 * (@smithgt)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-or-lost-media/#post-3659698)
 * OK – Thanks for you assistance.
 * I’ll check for another local backup.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [smithgt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smithgt/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-or-lost-media/#post-3659698)
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