Delete all attachments in items in specific collection or with specific tag

lcharron

I am looking for a way to delete all of the attachments for entries either a) in a specific collection or b) with a specific tag. I can work with either, though would prefer the tag option.

I have done the advanced search method of trying to delete all attachments, however this does not seem to combine well with limiting the attachments in question to either a collection or a tag.

Here's what I've tried in advanced search:

A) Item type -- is -- attachment AND Tag -- is -- my tag --> this returns nothing unless I check the "Include parent and child items of matching items," but then it includes parent items (they are NOT greyed out), which I don't want to delete (and thus negating the convenience provided by the select all-->move to trash functionality)

B) Item type -- is -- attachment AND Collection -- is -- my collection --> same as above

C) (just to see if it would work) Attachment file type -- is -- PDF AND Tag -- is -- my tag --> same as above

D) (just to see if it would work) Attachment file type -- is -- PDF AND Collection -- is -- my collection --> same as above

Any strategies to get around this?

Thanks in advance!

adamsmith

(tags are debatable, but the fact that attachments aren't included in collections in search is, imo, a bug and quite annoying for things like this).

I think what will work is if you go to the collection, expand all items (+ keyboard key), then select all and assign a colored tag using its keyboard shortcut/number. Then A above will work (because the attachment itself now has the key) you can delete all attachments and the remove the tag again using the same strategy as above.

lcharron

That worked! Thank you!

PS - I agree that attachments not being included in collections in search is a bug, but I'm glad you found a workaround

PPS - I also learned today that tags can be applied to attachments separately from their parent items, which may come in handy someday