The problem with just deleting files is, that u have to take care of leftovers in relations of strapi. U need to take care to change all usage of that media. Instead of deleting it it is possible to overwrite it in GCP with the same filename that all relations will still work.
The problem with just deleting files is, that u have to take care of leftovers in relations of strapi. U need to take care to change all usage of that media. Instead of deleting it it is possible to overwrite it in GCP with the same filename that all relations will still work.