How to clearMediaCollection without deleting files?

[johncarter-]

Hi

I have a situation with user profile photos, where I want the user to be able to remove the profile from their account, but I don't want to delete it because there will be historic references to that path (e.g. old database notifications).

I thought I could do something like this: $this->user->media('profiles')->each(fn (Media $media) => $media->model()->dissociate()->save());

For this to work, however, I would need to publish and modify the default migration to make the model_type and model_id nullable which seems acceptable.

I just wanted to know if any one has a better way of removing media from a collection without actually deleting the file?

[erikn69]

Try Media::whereCollectionName('profiles')->whereModelTypeAndModelId('your_model','your_id')->delete();

[squiaios]

A better solution is to call the deletePreservingMedia() method on your user;

https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/basic-usage/retrieving-media