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# Files

**CraftForms → Files** lists every file uploaded through your forms' File Upload fields, with the date it was uploaded and what it belongs to (a submission, an order and so on):

![The Files admin page](https://97821998-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FM2yV1foUgoGHBC66VBDw%2Fuploads%2Fax4liGqw1aLASKoydPzv%2FSCR-20260924-lrwh.png?alt=media\&token=46a16d60-ddc9-4043-b8d4-7626c0ce11bd)

### Retention

How long uploaded files are kept is set under **CraftForms → Settings → Files**:

![Settings, Files tab with automatic deletion and per-form rules](https://97821998-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FM2yV1foUgoGHBC66VBDw%2Fuploads%2F8bmUNSa3SFb8vxsQHOWp%2FSCR-20260924-lspi.png?alt=media\&token=d4d159e2-f484-4526-98b2-c58406d1de8b)

* **Automatic deletion:** keep uploaded files until you delete them, or delete files older than a number of days. It's checked once a day. Files are deleted even when a submission or order still links to them; those records then show the file as deleted. The submissions and orders themselves are kept.
* **Per-form rules:** click **Add form rule** to use a different rule for specific forms, e.g. delete ID scans after 30 days while keeping order artwork.
* **Privacy requests:** uploaded files are included in WordPress's **Export Personal Data** and **Erase Personal Data** tools. They're matched by the email address entered on the form, or by the customer's user account.

Click **Save settings** after changing them.