Thread:Project:Support desk/How do I efficiently manage unused images?/reply (2)

>> A simple approach, assuming the image was uploaded to put it on a page, is to see who uploaded it, and see his/her contributions at that time to see what pages edited, and maybe find in a diff where the image was added.

Hm, it is an interesting way. It looks too tedious and prone to mistakes, especially for contributors with multiple uploads. But it's good to know. Thank you!

Regarding the second, as far as I understand the MediaWiki infrastructure, the images are stored on file system, and the DB only stores the file changes log. I'm looking for a way of removing the deleted files history with its snapshots (per each revision) from the file system. Or am I wrong about the file system? Simply speaking, permanent file deletion without any restore options.