# How long do deleted files persist?

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/how-long-do-deleted-files-persist/9937>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [November 2, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-long-do-deleted-files-persist/9937 "2025-11-02T21:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AdVhPkgKad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AdVhPkgKad](https://community.fibery.io/u/AdVhPkgKad)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-long-do-deleted-files-persist/9937/1 "2025-11-02T21:52:32Z")

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I’ve noticed that going directly to the file’s hosted URL after it has been removed from Fibery still works. How long do ‘deleted’ files stay on the CDN? An hour? A day? Forever?

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**Author:** ![Viktar\_Zhuk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/viktar_zhuk/32/1934_2.png) [@Viktar\_Zhuk](https://community.fibery.io/u/Viktar_Zhuk)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-long-do-deleted-files-persist/9937/2 "2025-11-04T07:35:22Z")

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Hello, how exactly did you remove file from Fibery? Was it attached to some entity File field or was it in a Rich Text field / Document or smth else?

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**Author:** ![AdVhPkgKad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AdVhPkgKad](https://community.fibery.io/u/AdVhPkgKad)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-long-do-deleted-files-persist/9937/3 "2025-11-04T21:07:28Z")

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As a file field

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**Author:** ![Viktar\_Zhuk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/viktar_zhuk/32/1934_2.png) [@Viktar\_Zhuk](https://community.fibery.io/u/Viktar_Zhuk)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-long-do-deleted-files-persist/9937/4 "2025-11-04T21:27:36Z")

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The cached url will expire in a week. You cannot get new url to deleted file from a field.
