If you have media that has been uploaded to the default language, you can go to Media Library select that media and click on "delete" then it will remove the translation as well.
Would you mind confirming that this is the workflow you are following?
Feel free to also test on the following sandbox -> I have uploaded a media for you to test deleting.
I have tried deleting the media on your sandbox to see if it would actually delete the media, and it is not working on your sandbox either. Here are the steps I followed:
I went to the Spanish Media Library page and clicked the link to "permanently delete" the file - Screen-Shot-2023-03-31-at-2.55.08-PM.png. This removed the item from the Spanish Media Library page, but the file is still available online. So, despite permanently deleting the file I can click on its link to view it, which means that the file wasn't deleted at all!
Here is that link to the file: hidden link
Also if I go to the English Media Library the file is still there.
Just to back up a bit, the feature we were requesting was to remove the media file from all languages when it is deleted from any language.
Currently we have our site set up to upload to all languages (to see the exact settings, see the screenshot from my previous message). As WPML makes the file available in all languages, but it is just a single file (ie. doesn't duplicate it, just duplicates the link) it would make sense that if you delete a file from the media library, the file would be deleted.
But this isn't what happens. It only deletes the link (not the file) from one language media library, it doesn't delete the file until you go and delete it from all of the languages on the site.
This is counter-intuitive and has confused a lot of clients. They think by clicking permanently delete they are actually deleting the file.... but they are not.
From your email earlier today it sounded like this issue has been resolved. Is there something I am missing and this is fixed? If not, can it be?
Ps. I believe there is an bug/conflict with WordPress version 6.2. You can no longer go to the media library and then click on 'All Languages' in the languages drop down menu. When you do it redirects back to the media language page you are on.
So for a moment the following link pops up in the URL bar, and then it reverts to the language you are on. hidden link
That is correct, if you delete from the translation this will not delete the default language, this feature at the moment is meant to delete from default.
So you would have to delete from the default language and then all translations would be deleted as well.
On the sandbox that would be from English.
I have updated the feature request in our system and will update you here if there are any updates.
Thanks Bobby! Actually I hadn't realised that deleting from the default language would delete the link from both libraries... that is great! Thanks for all of your help!
