just a Database question after deleting many files

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi Daniel,

Yes, it's recommended to do it.

Look at this section from the online doc for details :

https://docs.digikam.org/en/maintenance_tools/maintenance_database.html

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 8 mai 2025 à 09:38, Daniel Bauer <linux at daniel-bauer.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> In a clean-up action I just deleted approx. 10'000 files in digikam
> folders using an external script.
>
> Question:
>
> Will the dk-databases be cleaned-up automagically at start (I've set
> "check for new images at start"), or should I run a manual database
> clean-up after such a large change?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
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