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Zotero plugin to manage your attachments: automatically rename, move, and attach PDFs (or other files) to Zotero items, sync PDFs from your Zotero library to your (mobile) PDF reader (e.g. an iPad, Android tablet, etc.), and extract PDF annotations.
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pdf is not deleted from common pdf folder when entry is trashed #524

Open notuntoward opened 3 years ago

notuntoward commented 3 years ago

I have zotfile configured to put all pdfs in a single common directory. When I move an entry to Trash (In Zotero: right click on entry->Move Item to Trash), it's removed from all collections (except Trash) but remains in the common pdf directory.

If I empty Trash (right click on Trash icon and "Empty Trash") it's deleted from that collection too. But the pdf still remains in the common pdf directory.

How can I automatically remove it when

m-zheng commented 3 years ago

"My workaround for this is to have a tag named Delete and have assigned #1 color priority to it, so that it gets labeled when I press 1.

Then I can periodically filter for that Tag, bulk "Convert Linked Files to Stored Files", then select all and Move to Trash, and empty trash.

This seems pretty smooth and doesn't need to use any fancy scripts or anything. "

Ref: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/364101/#Comment_364101

astroHaoPeng commented 3 years ago

Zotfile doesn't delete files for some very good reasons, at least in my opinion.

An alternative practice is to be careful in adding new items, making sure it has no duplication, complete meta-data, correct attachment, right tags, and, even better, a short summary as a note.

For deleting, just remember to locate the attached file and delete it manually, before deleting the item in Zotero. This a little bit cumbersome working flow will also help you consolidate the above good habit when adding new items.