On our Confluence Server instance, the "imgEffects" directory has grown to a reasonable size (47GB). * What is the purpose of this directory? Which type of data a stored therein? * Can it be safely cleaned-up (e.g. delete all files older 1 year or something like that)? I could not find a useful piece of text that describes this directory in more detail. Thanks a lot & best regards, -Rainer

nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Function and clean-up of imgEffects directory

Rainer Pöhlmann

On our Confluence Server instance, the "imgEffects" directory has grown to a reasonable size (47GB).

What is the purpose of this directory? Which type of data a stored therein?
Can it be safely cleaned-up (e.g. delete all files older 1 year or something like that)?

I could not find a useful piece of text that describes this directory in more detail.

Thanks a lot & best regards,

-Rainer

Accepted answers

Steven F Behnke

Yes you can purge old files. This is the borders effects generated for images.

All comments

Steven F Behnke

Yes you can purge old files. This is the borders effects generated for images.

Rainer Pöhlmann

Thanks a lot for your fast reply.
Just for curiosity and not because I am not "trusting" your statement: is there an official reference about the purpose of this directory?

Thanks a lot, best,

-Rainer

Steven F Behnke

CONFSERVER-33048 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33048

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52626

Unfortunately I can find tickets but not documentation.

Rainer Pöhlmann

Same for me. This was exactly the reason why I've been asking ;-)

Anyhow: thanks!

Welcome!

It looks like you're new here. Sign in or register to get started.

Quick Links

Find more posts tagged with

confluence