While it is a part of our best practices to ONLY use the Media Library for managing media and move media to the trash, for special cases with agencies who may have documents that were never used but were moved onto the site or media some how getting past the sites guardrails and end up getting indexed by search engines there is now a fix for this.
We're excited to announce a new feature that gives you complete control over your website file content. The permanent file deletion option is now available within the site file tab operation links!
Please keep in mind that this is only used for very specific circumstances because by deleting a file permanently, you ensure it's completely removed from your site which will can potentially have a negative impact for auditing or broken links from external site which can have a negative impact on your sites domain authority and search page ranking.
Author Role | Direct Link to a direct image or document | Add item using Media Library | Link to any Media Library Item (Linkit link) | Unpublish THEIR OWN Media Library Item | Unpublish ANY Media Library Item | Delete THEIR OWN Media Library item (goes to Trash) | Delete ANY Media Library Item (goes to Trash) | CAUTION | CAUTION |
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Anonymous | LEGACY | ❌NO | ✅YES | ❌NO | ❌NO | ❌NO | ❌NO | ❌NO | ❌NO |
Writer | NOT DESIRED | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ❌NO | ❌NO | ❌NO | ✅YES | ❌NO |
Editor | NOT DESIRED | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ❌NO | ❌NO | ✅YES | ❌NO |
Publisher | NOT DESIRED | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES |
Agency Manager | NOT DESIRED | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES | ✅YES |
To learn how to use this feature effectively and maintain your website's integrity, please watch our best practice video or consult our documentation for media best practices.
For additional support or training, register a session with Sharean from our DX Monthly Training Page.