Option to show the list of articles contain the files when deleting a file from Drive
Parameswary Annamalai
If we are using a file inside articles, and when someone is deleting the file from drive, the delete confirmation message needs to show the dependency message with list of articles in which the file has been used.
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Shakeer Hussain S
Parameswary harald Bob Jim - Thanks for the feedback, everyone!
Just to clarify — we already provide a dependency viewer in the Drive section that shows where a file is used (i.e., which articles it's linked to). This was built exactly to help prevent accidental deletion of in-use files.
👉 Question for you: Would showing this same dependency info directly in the delete confirmation dialog make it easier for you to decide safely?
If so, we can explore enhancing the current experience to make that visibility more direct and harder to miss.
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harald dersch
Don't you see the linked articles in the Dependencies column in the Drive view?
Bob Dzimbowski
This speaks to an even larger issue whereby in drive you cannot tell where files are 'attached'. So if you delete that file, you would never know you just removed it from articles. Junk accumulates in drive and you have NO way of knowing if you can safely delete anything.
Parameswary Annamalai
This request has been created on behalf of Jim Heddles