Can an Automation Delete a File Attachment?

Question

Hello,

I have a Tasks table and occasionally will attach an image to a task that is being assigned to a user. An example of this would be attaching an image of a house as a reference point for a surveyor who will be surveying a property.

When the task is completed, I would like to have an automation delete the now obsolete file attachment so that it doesn't take up space in my application.

I have not found a way to do this. The automations menu does not even show my file attachment field when I try to set it up as an action. I'm guessing this is because it isn't possible.

Am I missing something? If not, is there another way to do this?

Thanks!

Josh

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Josh Collins
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MarkShnierYou · Answer

First of all, the whole process would be simpler if you had a child table of file attachments because then you could just delete the record.

I gather you want to retain the record but just remove the file attachment. There is a URL formula button that I could provide which would clear the file attachment on the push of a button. But you would need to push the button.

But if you actually really wanted to automated it's a little bit technical and we would probably have to work one on one and I could help you set up a process where a webhook would delete the file attachment.

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