https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/make-delete-attachments-tool-compatible-with/idi-p/1677068 <P>As an alternative / complement to&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/allow-attachments-table-to-be-included-in-branch/idi-p/1613619" target="_blank">Allow attachments table to be included in branch v... - Esri Community</A>, I need the Delete Attachments tool to work on branch versioned data. My goal is to download attachments to a central directory, add a hyperlink to that directory so that the photos can be viewed, and then delete the attachments to dramatically reduce the size of our database and make it possible to share feature classes with significant photo collections via the distributed collaboration. At the moment, we've had to remove all photos of utility assets (e.g. hydrants, manholes, etc) as attachments because the datasets are too large to pass through the distributed collaboration. Beyond that, we strongly prefer to follow SQL Server best practices to not store files inside a database.</P> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:45:02 GMT AmyRoust 2026-01-09T15:45:02Z https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/make-delete-attachments-tool-compatible-with/idi-p/1677068 <P>As an alternative / complement to&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/allow-attachments-table-to-be-included-in-branch/idi-p/1613619" target="_blank">Allow attachments table to be included in branch v... - Esri Community</A>, I need the Delete Attachments tool to work on branch versioned data. My goal is to download attachments to a central directory, add a hyperlink to that directory so that the photos can be viewed, and then delete the attachments to dramatically reduce the size of our database and make it possible to share feature classes with significant photo collections via the distributed collaboration. At the moment, we've had to remove all photos of utility assets (e.g. hydrants, manholes, etc) as attachments because the datasets are too large to pass through the distributed collaboration. Beyond that, we strongly prefer to follow SQL Server best practices to not store files inside a database.</P> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:45:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-ideas/make-delete-attachments-tool-compatible-with/idi-p/1677068 AmyRoust 2026-01-09T15:45:02Z