Deprecated Images: The Rescue Gallery
Every time you regenerate a logo, brand image, or marketing asset inside Markolé, the previous version is deprecated — kept in the system, but no longer active. Until now those older versions quietly aged out. With the new Deprecated Images gallery, you can browse, download, or permanently delete them yourself.
1. Where to Find It
The gallery lives at the bottom of the Marketing Documents image area inside any brand. Open any of your custom brand image collections, scroll to the end, and you’ll see the Deprecated Images section presented as a large masonry gallery.
The gallery shows every deprecated image for the current brand — across all collections — so you don’t need to hunt through individual documents to find an old asset.
2. What You Can Do With a Deprecated Image
Click any image to open it in the viewer. From there, you can:
- Download the image to your computer at full resolution.
- Delete the image immediately and permanently from Markolé.
- View the image at full size to compare it with the current version.
Actions that don’t apply to deprecated images — regenerate, edit, upload/replace — are disabled, since the image is no longer part of your active brand.
3. The 30-Day Auto-Cleanup
Deprecated images are automatically deleted after 30 days. This keeps your storage clean and predictable without you having to manage it.
If you want to keep a deprecated image beyond that window:
- Download it to your own storage, or
- Replace the current active image with the deprecated one (using the appropriate widget — for example, regenerating with a similar brief, or uploading it back into the active slot).
If you don’t take either action, the image is permanently removed after 30 days.
4. Cleaning Up Manually
If you’d rather not wait for the automatic cleanup, you have two manual options:
- Delete one image at a time — open the image in the viewer and click the destructive delete action.
- Delete all deprecated images — use the Delete all button at the top of the gallery. A confirmation dialog will appear, since this is a permanent action that cannot be undone.
5. When to Rescue, When to Let It Go
The gallery is most useful in three scenarios:
- You regenerated by mistake. The new image isn’t what you wanted — open the deprecated gallery, find the previous version, and download it before the 30-day window expires.
- You changed your mind. A direction you explored and then moved away from is suddenly relevant again — recover the asset and bring it back into use.
- You need a version history. Marketing teams sometimes need older approved versions for legal or archival reasons. Downloading deprecated assets gives you a snapshot.
If none of these apply, you can safely leave deprecated images to clean up on their own.
6. Tips
- Don’t panic if you regenerate something. The previous version is recoverable for 30 days.
- Bulk-delete intentionally. Delete all is permanent — use it when you’re confident.
- Treat the gallery as a recovery tool, not long-term storage. Anything you need to keep for the long term belongs in your own asset management system, not Markolé’s deprecated pool.