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Problem:
Our client is working a lot with her website.

She experienced the following things:
1) when she deleted a image, they are coming back.
2) they are asking if there is a possibility when you delete media file in 1 language, it needs to be removed in all languages.
Solution:
The behavior you just described is expected - by deleting a media in one language, it won't be automatically deleted in the other languages.

One suggestion we can give to you is to use the "All language" option in the admin bar (https://snipboard.io/3FKXQd.jpg). This way when you select the image to delete permanently, you can delete all versions of the media in one go.

This is the technical support forum for WPML - the multilingual WordPress plugin.

Everyone can read, but only WPML clients can post here. WPML team is replying on the forum 6 days per week, 22 hours per day.

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Last updated by pimK-3 1 year, 11 months ago.

Assisted by: Mateus Getulio.

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June 22, 2023 at 1:19 pm #13877345

pimK-3

Our client is working a lot with her website.

She experienced the following things:
1) when she deleted a image, they are coming back.
2) they are asking if there is a possibility when you delete media file in 1 language, it needs to be removed in all languages.

*We are using WPML Media translations for the alt tags

June 22, 2023 at 8:36 pm #13880855

Mateus Getulio
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Languages: English (English ) Portuguese (Brazil) (Português )

Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-03:00)

Hey there,

Thanks for your contact! I'll be happy to assist you 🙂

The behavior you just described is expected - by deleting a media in one language, it won't be automatically deleted in the other languages.

One suggestion we can give to you is to use the "All language" option in the admin bar (hidden link). This way when you select the image to delete permanently, you can delete all versions of the media in one go.

Please let us know if this explanation is clear to you and solves the issue. Thank you.

Kind regards,
Mateus.