# The review view

The review view is your workplace. Here you go through the inventory, filter it and select what is to be cleaned up. You reach it through **All files** or directly through **Files without a reference**.

<figure id="bkmrk-the-review-view-as-a"> ![The review view of Media Organizer as a grid with thumbnails, status indicators and filters](https://docs.graup-it.de/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/ruldoku-02-grid.png) <figcaption>The review view as a grid: preview, dimensions, size and status at a glance.</figcaption></figure>## Grid or table

The button **Table** or **Grid** switches the presentation:

- The **grid** shows thumbnails — good for recognising images.
- The **table** shows more entries per screen and sorts better — good for large collections.

## The status indicators

<table class="table" id="bkmrk-status-meaning-refer"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Status</th> <th scope="col">Meaning</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>**Referenced**</td> <td>At least one occurrence found. The file is in use.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>**Without a reference**</td> <td>No occurrence found. A candidate — check the evidence before you act.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>**In quarantine**</td> <td>Already moved, restorable at any time.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>**No longer present**</td> <td>The file is not where it used to be — deleted or renamed without Joomla being involved (over FTP, for instance).</td> </tr> </tbody></table>

<div class="callout info" id="bkmrk-why-such-files-do-no">Why such files do not simply drop out of the list: their entry carries the optimisation backups and the quarantine history. So the entry stays and is only labelled — the reports on duplicates and optimisation leave it out, because there is nothing left to tidy up here. The *Status* filter shows you at any time which files are affected. If one comes back, the next scan picks it up again.

</div>In addition, every tile shows **dimensions** and **file size**. Sorting by size descending is a good start: the largest unreferenced files bring the most space.

## Filtering and searching

- **Search path** — full-text search over the file path.
- **Filter options** — narrow down by status, media type and folder. A folder filter includes subfolders.
- **Sorting** — by size, name or modification date, among others.
- **Reset** — restores the initial state if you have filtered yourself into a corner.

## Selection across pages

The selection is kept server-side. So you can filter, page through, keep selecting — the files marked earlier stay selected. That matters when you are picking out specific files from several hundred.

With **all on this page / none** you mark the current page at once.

## The coverage notice

<div class="callout warning" id="bkmrk-if-%22incomplete-cover">If **"incomplete coverage"** appears at the top, at least one installed extension is not covered by a vetted profile yet. Media Organizer then cannot rule out that this extension uses media files.

The consequence: **deleting for good is blocked**. Quarantine and restoring stay possible — both are reversible after all. That is not a fault but the extension knowing its own limits.

</div>## Export

With **Export CSV** or **Export JSON** you take the inventory out — useful for agreeing things with clients or for a second opinion before anything happens. The export respects the filters currently set.

## Where to go from here

- [Reading the evidence](https://docs.graup-it.de/books/media-organizer-en/page/reading-the-evidence-why-is-a-file-considered-orphaned)
- [Quarantine, restoring, deleting for good](https://docs.graup-it.de/books/media-organizer-en/page/quarantine-restoring-deleting-for-good)

<small>Applies to version 1.2.0.</small>

[Deutsche Fassung](https://docs.graup-it.de/link/63)