Cleaning up BaseLinker-related products and images

A missing BaseLinker association does not automatically make a product or image unnecessary. Start by finding where the resource is actually used.

Build a candidate list

Compare identifiers, variant relationships, media and last confirmed synchronisation. A connection failure or partial response must not appear to be an empty catalogue.

Check every reference

An image may serve several products, descriptions or galleries. Another channel may still need a product. A filename or one missing relationship is insufficient deletion evidence.

Prepare an exact scope

The report shows each item, reason, dependencies and action. Ambiguous resources remain for review. Recovery must cover data and required files.

Guard against changes

Before removal, check whether a new reference has appeared. Apply only the approved list and record outcomes. Do not overwrite concurrent synchronisation.

Accept the cleanup

Verify removed resources are absent, remaining references work and the catalogue refreshes. Measure actual reclaimed space. Fix the source of orphaned records so the next import does not recreate them.