# Some media files become missing

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**Created:** [May 18, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980 "2024-05-18T14:17:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![slabz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@slabz](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/slabz)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980/1 "2024-05-18T14:17:42Z")

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I’ve noticed that over time some of the media files connected to my anki become missing even though I do not interact with them. I have sync enabled. Any insights to what could cause this? I am using AwesomeTTS for an addon, which occasionally gives me “typeerror failed to fetch,” but that’s it.

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980/2 "2024-05-18T21:41:25Z")

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1. What makes you think the media files have gone missing?
2. Have you run a Check Media?
3. What sort of files are they?
4. Are they in fields of your notes, or on your card templates?
5. Are the same files missing on all of your synced devices?

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**Author:** ![slabz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@slabz](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/slabz)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980/3 "2024-05-19T00:59:31Z")

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1. They are missing in checked media
2. Yes
3. jpg, mp3
4. Notes
5. yes

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980/4 "2024-05-19T05:55:06Z")

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There isn’t any system in Anki by which attached media files you “do not interact with” get automatically deleted when they are still used on Notes.

Is it possible you deleted them yourself – through Check Media, or directly? Did you look in your Check Media trash to see if they are still there?

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**Author:** ![slabz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@slabz](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/slabz)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980/5 "2024-05-19T14:53:17Z")

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Didn’t delete myself. Checked media and media trash and they weren’t there.

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980/6 "2024-05-19T21:52:52Z")

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Well this is a mystery then. Hopefully you have a backup of your collection.media folder and can recover those files. That won’t keep whatever this is from happening again in the future, so keep an eye out for it, and see if you can find anything triggering it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-media-files-become-missing/44980/7 "2024-06-18T21:53:15Z")

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