Title: File_Upload_Upgrader::cleanup
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# File_Upload_Upgrader::cleanup(): bool

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Deletes the attachment/uploaded file.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool Whether the cleanup was successful.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function cleanup() {
    	if ( $this->id ) {
    		wp_delete_attachment( $this->id );

    	} elseif ( file_exists( $this->package ) ) {
    		return @unlink( $this->package );
    	}

    	return true;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php#L148)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php#L148-L157)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_delete_attachment()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_delete_attachment/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Trashes or deletes an attachment.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/file_upload_upgrader/cleanup/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.2.2](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.2.2/) | Introduced. |

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