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Below is the short guide on how to permanently delete images from your website on Magento 1.9

• Step 1: Find the original path of the images
  • Go to images, right click on the image that you want to delete >> Open image in new tab
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  • You will see the URL as below
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  • So now, we know that this specific image is located at media/catalog/product/f/i/
    file name is file_10.jpg
• Step 2: Delete the image from both backend & cPanel storage
  • To delete the images from backend, check the “Remove” boxes >> Save to Continue Edit
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  • To delete the images from cPanel storage, Go to File Manager >> trace the location above >> look for the names of the images
    In this context, our images are at media/catalog/product/f/i/
    This folder is under public_html
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  • After you have found the image files, select the respective files, press Ctrl while clicking to select multiple files.
    Select X Delete on top to delete the selected files from cPanel Storage
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• Step 3: Flush Magento Cache
  • Now we go back to Magento back-end and access Cache Management
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  • Select All >> Flush Cache Storage
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Now, the images should be permanently deleted from both your website’s back-end and cPanel Storage.

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