[digiKam-users] album changes removal without reduction in thumbnail.db or digikam4.eb

[Ty Mayn]

 Forgive this newbie for using Digikam6  in this testing, I will upgrade
soon
During a variety of testing where I was using a thumbdrive for backups of
key digikam files, I acquired a complete duplicate album. I discovered my
new double vision (ha ha) in Dates view when I clicked on a date cluster.
     My testing had been in the Tags arena where the incoming duplicates
went unnoticed. So I am fairly sure that digikam rendered this service
automatically and my next "experiment" has been to remove that unwanted
duplicate collection which has identical recursive collection of image
folders as my testing collection
   I go to Settings>Configure>Collections to find the removable media "root
album"
     I used the trash icon which promptly removed the unwanted removable
media collection and offered me the opportunity to "Add"
     But I noticed no disk activity, the digikam4 .db remained the same and
the double sized thumbnail db went unchanged with no removal of uneeded
thumbnails.  This remained true on shutdown and restart of digikam.
     I think I have accurate recall that digikam acquired that removable
collection without my request  yet it doesnt remove it on explicit request.
 I am seeking some understanding this as a fundamental maintenance step
that I could encounter anytime in my future use of digikam
     Thanks for leading another novice
Ty
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