Deleting Old Models
Shadowspawn
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My hard drive is filling up and I need to get rid of old models since I don't use them anymore. Is there any safe way to bulk delete/uninstall models? I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but I couldn't find any forum listings.
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How did you install them?
DAZ Connect and/or DIM. The really old ones were probably done Manually.
DIM, uninstall from the Installed tab. Connect, assuming that isn't a typo for Daz Central, right-click on the product container in DS and select Uninstall.
Does uninstall remove the model from the drive?
Yes, DIM removes all of the files that it installs from the zip folder.
as long as they were not logged as shared files because there was already a copy present when DIM added its own.
Not always, not going to point any fingers, but with several PAs, many files end up being left behind when you uninstall via the DIM (Daz Install Manager). In some cases, I'm sure that it was accidental or an honest mistake, but with several PA's, it's baked into the cake of otherwise shoddy work. Coincidentally, you'll figure some patterns out. One way to make sure, is to find the model/resource in your Installed Content, and right click on the item, then "show installed files" and then manually uninstall each culprit file/folder indicated in the list of installed files. Once you've done this (takes a few minutes once you get the process down), then click uninstall. Going through a bunch of stuff that is taking up room and I will never use again (poor quality, bad geometry issues, etc), and you will end up leaving gigs of data behind if you do not make sure by doing the manual check. If you uninstall before doing this process, you will not have a list of locations anymore, and you will have to redownload the package and then you can use the compressed file to find the locations - it can still be done this way, but it's a more time consuming process.
The PAs don't build the isntallers, and could not do anything to cause files to be left behind. I suspect this is down either to shared files used in more than one product or in some cases to a glitch causing the product to be reinstalled without being installed, which would cause DIM to see all the files as shared and so protected from removal.
I've just noticed a pattern where certain PA's packages have a tendancy towards leaving files behind after DIM uninstall. Not all PA's, but certain names keep popping up while I am in the process of currating content. Don't know who's responsible, maybe the people in charge of creating the packages and uninstall protocols get lazy when the work with certain artists, but the same names keep popping up consistently. That being said, your reply has nothing to do with the solid advice I've left here for others to follow. Cheers, and I bid you good day sir.
DIM logs what it does and undoes that when unisntalling, it doesn't have a pre-coded list of files to remove. If it isn't removing files then that is either a local issue with the manifest file or there were already copies of the remaining files when that product was installed, or when another product with the same files was installed. This might happen with a DIM install following a manual install, for example, and some PAs do use common files across multiple products (e.g. Out Of Touch have a lot of hairs that use the same blending shader, River Soft Arts has a library of common script files thata re installed by each product to a common location from which they can be read).