Magento 2 remove all images which are not associated with any product.

[Patel_Chirag]

I want to know Possible issues after removing images of deleted products from media/catalog/product folder

From what I understood Magento2 deleting product behavior, associated images of the deleted product are not removing from media/catalog/product folder.

 need to manage around 11.000 new products in the database 4 seasons/year... after almost 1 year in production, I found 4,5gb of unused image

I don't really understand possible issues after deleting this images since products are no more in the database. How should I manage such disk usage increase in a Magento2 way?

[GauravMehta04]

@Patel_Chirag Magento, unfortunately, does not remove images of a product when the product gets removed. 

Extensions

https://magecomp.com/magento-2-image-clean.html

http://shreejiinfosys.co.in/index.php/delete-unused-images-magento2.html

Cheers!

[faboh_gupta]

It is also possible to diagnose your store for unused products images and remove them at once using Store Manager (supports both M1 and M2, free version avail for such 1-time operations) -

https://blog.mag-manager.com/2013/05/how-to-quickly-detect-and-remove.html

[Patel_Chirag]

Thanks @GauravMehta04  my question is not only for how to remove unnecessary image but I want to know Possible issues after removing images of deleted products from media/catalog/product folder?

Is that any way to remove image programmically  without using extension?