Title: Deleting uploads-webpc folder
Last modified: May 10, 2024

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# Deleting uploads-webpc folder

 *  Resolved [guren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurenintern/)
 * (@gurenintern)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-uploads-webpc-folder/)
 * Hello! I’m thinking of deleting the uploads-webpc folder since the inodes on 
   my hosting is already full and it seems that the .webp images are not being used
   by my website. Is it okay to delete the said folder?

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 *  Plugin Author [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-uploads-webpc-folder/#post-17745764)
 * Hi [@gurenintern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurenintern/),
 * Thank you for your message.
 * Files in the WebP format are used, but not in the way you expect. The plugin 
   does not change URLs to images, so when looking at the source of the website,
   you will see the URLs for the default images all the time. The plugin creates
   redirections to output files in WebP and AVIF format, changing the MIME type 
   of these images, but without changing the URL.
 * When a browser tries to download an image file, the plugin checks if it supports
   the AVIF format (if enabled in the plugin settings). If so, the browser will 
   receive an equivalent of the original image in the AVIF format. If it does not
   support AVIF, but supports the WebP format, the browser will receive the equivalent
   of the original image in WebP format. In case the browser does not support either
   WebP or AVIF, the original image is loaded. This means full support for all browsers.
 * Below I have attached the tutorial describing how to test the plugin:
    [https://mattplugins.com/docs/how-to-test-converter-for-media-plugin](https://mattplugins.com/docs/how-to-test-converter-for-media-plugin)
 * If you delete the /wp-content/uploads-webpc/ directory, using our plugin will
   no longer make sense. But of course you can do this or this directory will be
   deleted automatically during the plugin uninstallation process.
 * Best,
    Mateusz
 *  Thread Starter [guren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurenintern/)
 * (@gurenintern)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-uploads-webpc-folder/#post-17745861)
 * Okay, thank you for the clarification! If try to delete the original image and
   if a browser does not support both WebP and AVIF, the image wouldn’t show right?
 *  Plugin Author [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-uploads-webpc-folder/#post-17746226)
 * Yes, you are right [@gurenintern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurenintern/)!

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 * Last reply from: [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-uploads-webpc-folder/#post-17746226)
 * Status: resolved