Is it safe to delete these folders from the server?

[Davyc]

I've noticed that each month a new folder is created on the server - is it safe to delete these older folders (arrowed) or are they needed?  I ask this as there will be a lot of folders created over the coming months - unless they are self-deleting.  Advice please 🙂

[Sonya*]

These are folders where attachments are saved. You should never delete, move or rename them. If you do all you attachments become broken. Also uploads in Pages are saved there.

Edited August 5, 2020 by Sonya*

[Davyc]

14 minutes ago, Sonya* said:

These are folders where attachments are saved.

Yeah, I know this, but it seems strange that a new folder is created each month and the number of folders will grow exponentially over time.  

[opentype]

That’s intentional and the lesser evil. Otherwise one folder will get all the images, which often leads to the situation that it can’t even be opened anymore—via FTP for example. 

[Davyc]

2 hours ago, opentype said:

That’s intentional and the lesser evil.

Thanks for explaining - I knew that these were folders for uploads, just wasn't sure why one was created for each month but now that I can see the number of files, if lots of uploads were being done, could overwhelm the ability for the folder to open; I can see the logic in it now 🙂

 

[Chris027]

5 hours ago, Davyc said:

the number of folders will grow exponentially over time

Technically the number of folders grows linearly, not exponentially :~)