Does deleting "check media" affect exported decks?

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Hi,
As written, I recently discoved that there is alot of extra media associated with my Anki, taking up lots of space. The media is found in a folder “collection.media” om my laptop (as well as when I click on the “check media” on Anki pc). Lots of this media (pictures, audio etc) is from older decks that I have previously exported and deleted from Anki (to free up space), but still have on my pc. But if I delete this collection.media / “check media”, will this affect my exported decks or affect them if I import them again in the future, eg the images not being able to load or Image occlusion not showing?

Thank you!

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If you exported as .colpkg or .apkg (with media included, there is a checkbox for that), then you can savely delete the media that check media tells you to delete.

Else you’d have to backup your media again, probably by reimporting your old exported decks and then reexporting them with media included. Afterwards, you can delete media with check media.

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If you need, you can use Note Size addon to examine size of your collection or individual notes

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