Title: Deleting theme generated post thumbnails Last modified: March 5, 2020 --- # Deleting theme generated post thumbnails * [trkrtrn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trkrtrn/) * (@trkrtrn) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-theme-generated-post-thumbnails/) * hi, i am in trouble with theme generated thumbnails. i have imported around 10000 posts almost with 50000 images. Then custom theme generated 23 thumbnails for each image. Now i have more than 200 gb uploads folder. I need some help. How can i bulk delete thumbnails from uploads folder and database? Thanks in advance. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [fattymattybrewing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fattymattybrewing/) * (@fattymattybrewing) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-theme-generated-post-thumbnails/#post-12512377) * Hi trkrtrn, have you thought about using a WordPress plugin to accomplish this? * Thread Starter [trkrtrn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trkrtrn/) * (@trkrtrn) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-theme-generated-post-thumbnails/#post-12515040) * hi [@fattymattybrewing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fattymattybrewing/) i tried several plugins but didnt work. i have more than 40000 images. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Deleting theme generated post thumbnails’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Deleting Images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deleting-images/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [trkrtrn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trkrtrn/) * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-theme-generated-post-thumbnails/#post-12515040) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics