Where do file uploads go? Why aren't they visible in the Media section?

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Files uploaded using a “File Upload” property editor get stored in the /media/[guid]/filename.extfolder on disk, but they are not accessible/visible in the Media section.

  1. Is this by design?
  2. How are you supposed to find files?
  3. What happens to file persistance when files are removed from the File upload
  4. So many questions

v15, but feel this has always been the case with Umbraco.

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As far as I know this has always been like this. I have used the File Upload editor to upload files for a specific page that for some reason I know won’t be used anywhere else in the site.

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Yes, it’s by design.

Because, they are not media, they are property values.

That’s actually an important distinction. In Umbraco, media is shared and has no permissions - it’s designed to be centralised for re-use. Content has permissions and there may be property values, including uploaded files, that a user may not have permission to see/use/edit etc.

The files themselves are not really supposed to be navigable on in the filesystem, and this is true for media too - hence the hashed paths.

IIRC these files are supposed to be deleted when removed or content is deleted.

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