How to delete old attachments?

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Running out of attachment storage space... How to delete old stuff?

 

[ausar318]

I’m not sure if you can. But with the help of Synapze, I was able to learn how to post pictures by an alternate method. 

1. Make a free photo bucket account

2. Upload pics to that

3. Click share on photo bucket 

4. Copy the direct link

5. On the forum, click “insert other media”

6. Select “Insert image from URL”, and paste the link in the field

7. If all goes well, the photo should be put into your post

(Credit goes to Synapze for teaching me this method ?)

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Ok thanks...

Um where do I make a photo bucket account? Here or online?

 

[ausar318]

Online. Just search “photo bucket”, and it should be the first result. Just make sure you do the free account ?

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Thank you! 

I got it...!

 

[MantisGirl13]

I may have to do that soon too.......

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

my upload space is full for months now. I post my photos now on https://postimages.org/

I dont want to delete pics of Cochise or other mantids  so others can see Cochise in the future too. 

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

I probably post too many pictures...? 

 

[Mantis Lady]

Hehehe, me too, but keep posting them, I like to see them 

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Hehehe, me too, but keep posting them, I like to see them 

And back. Love pics

 

[River Dane]

You delete old photo attachments by clicking the drop-down menu by your profile pic on the top right corner of the page. The second option should be My Attachments.Click on that, and you should be shown all the photos you’ve uploaded. You have to click on the link next to each photo and delete them individually by editing them out of the comment they were posted in. 

It’s time consuming, so I would suggest doing as said above, and using an image hosting service. I myself use Post Images because it’s so simple, but any safe site should work.

Looking forward to seeing more pics.

 

[Orin]

Most people post photos that are many times larger than needed and use up their space only because the file sizes are massive. Images can be changed in a few seconds in paint by reducing size in stretch. You can check the file size before and after and save under a different name to test. Most images can go from 3MB to 300K without losing resolution others could see (they are often out of focus at 3MB and wouldn't lose visible details at 30K).