Orphaned Products

[Guest]

Not being 100% familiar with the admin's handling of database functions, I assumed that deleting a category folder would remove it and all of it's products from the database. Now I see that it does not and I realize there is a module to properly do that now.

My problem is with the items I already tried to remove by deleting the category folder, they are now without category so they cannot be seen or deleted through the admin panel.

I have two questions;

 

1. How do I find these products and how do I delete them without going into the database, through the admin panel?

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2. How do I find and delete them through the database if I am more advanced user?

[Guest]

Why are you worrying about this? Orphaned products are not seen on the store side because they are not assigned a category to be seen. They're not harming your database so just leave them alone.

[Guest]

I am afraid they will slow down the database...

[Guest]

Not being 100% familiar with the admin's handling of database functions, I assumed that deleting a category folder would remove it and all of it's products from the database.

yes, that's what it does.

 

If you delete a category and the products stay, then it's something wrong with the customizations you did to your store.