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About Delete

Click Delete to remove all files from the directory identified in the Upload settings preset.

You may want to use this function to free space on your Web server or to remove a gallery that you do not want to display online any longer. Be careful, this will delete all files in the online location used to upload your gallery.

The upload settings you have entered to create the Upload Preset either have a Sub-directory assigned or they don't:

Upload Preset contains Sub-directory

You entered a Sub-directory in your Upload Preset. You typically do this if you have an existing Web site or multiple galleries, so your gallery files are separated into their own Sub-directory. This first scenario poses little risk since most likely you only have your gallery files in the assigned Sub-directory.

Upload Preset does not contain Sub-directory

You did not enter a Sub-directory in your Upload Preset. You typically do this if the Shozam gallery is your main Web site; your gallery files get uploaded in the root of your server (or the Web directory, if your Web host requires you to place all Web files in such a directory). This second scenario presents more risk since deleting files at the root level of your Web site may delete other files that are present there, that are not related to the gallery and may serve a different purpose. Deleting such files may affect some functionality of your Web site. Before you delete files in this case we recommend you contact your Web host for clarification of what other files reside at the root. Your Web host may also provide you with additional tools to inspect and manually delete files on your Web server.

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