>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #3530328. --> Reported by: [andras_szilagyi](https://www.drupal.org/user/1217938) >>> <h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3> <p>Before we used FileExists:Replace when moving the files, but that opened the possibility of conflicts with file indexes. So we moved to FileExists:Rename. Now the issue is with duplicate files, here is what happenes:<br> When moving a file from A -&gt; B the source (file in A) is not deleted because of FileRepository::move()L190 </p> <h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4> <ol> <li>setup a file filed with /file-visibiity starting its upload path</li> <li>save it as draft</li> <li>publish it</li> <li>check the filesystem, you should see the same file in 2 locations</li> </ol> <h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3> <p>implement hook_file_move</p> <h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3> <h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3> <h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3> <h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>