Generated CSV Files

Hello @elieelia9 ,

1. Can I get rid of this folder entirely and still retain any submissions to my forms?

Yes, you can, those are exported submissions. Submissions are kept in the database unless you changed options in Submissions Retention in Forminator -> Settings -> Submissions to not keep submissions or in the form itself, you selected Disable store submissions in my database.

2. Can I stop these files from being generated at this rapid rate?

Yes. Those are generating because someone on your site enabled an automatic export schedule.
You can disable it from Submissions, select your form(s) and click the button Export. It will open a popup where you can change Scheduled Exports to Disabled.

3. Are these files storing my submissions, or are my submissions retained elsewhere?

Like I mentioned above, submissions are kept in the Database.

kind regards,
Kasia

Should there not be a cron job to clear out the old csv files? e.g. anything with a datestamp of over a day ago?

Hi @sallywhytehead

I hope you are doing well.

I don’t see an indication that it has the automatic cleanup, but I sent this thread to the plugin team for further discussion.

Best Regards
Patrick Freitas

Hi @elieelia9

We pinged our developers, could you please try to install this mu-plugin file and check if this avoids the problem?

https://gist.github.com/wpmudev-sls/b5b0cd017dad734018194c58181e0c3f

If you are not familiar with mu-plugins https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins

Let us know the result you got.
Best Regards
Patrick Freitas

Hello @elieelia9 ,

We haven’t heard from you for a while now, so it looks like you no longer need our assistance.

Please feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.

kind regards,
Kasia