delete old image while updating the field - laravel

Question

I am doing CRUD operations for images. when I am doing the update operation image gets updated but the old image doesn't delete. The following code updates only the file name in the database but I need to remove the old image from the destination folder too while updating else the folder size will become too large. Any ideas would be great. Here my code.
<input type="file" name="profileimage" value="{{ isset($editabout) ? $editabout->profileimage : '' }}" class="custom-file-input" id="exampleInputFile">
Here is my controller
public function update(updateAboutusProfile $request, AboutUs $about)
{
$data=$request->only(['profiletext']);
if($request->hasFile('profileimage')){
$profileimage = $request->profileimage->store('aboutus', 'public');
$oldimage = $about->profileimage;
Storage::delete($oldimage);
$data['profileimage'] = $profileimage;
}
$about->update($data);
toastr()->success('Profile updated successfully');
return redirect(route('about.index'));
//
}
What can be the error I need to resolve,
thank you

Answer 1

Try setting the disk you used to store the file
Storage::disk('public')->delete($oldimage);

Answer 2

Delete image from your server, you have to reference location of file in directory server, means you could not reference by url link to delete it.
Laravel file is locate in public folder.
Example: your files are located in public/images
$image_path = "/images/filename.ext"; // Value is not URL but directory file path
if(File::exists($image_path)) {
File::delete($image_path);
}
Enjoy ;)

Answer 3

You should save the path of the file to the database and then simply remove it using \Storage::delete() facade.
Store image using hash name
if($request->hasFile('profileimage')){
$store_path = 'aboutus';
$profileimage = $request->profileimage->store($store_path,'public');
$oldimage = $about->profileimage;
$file_address = $store_path.'/'.$request->profileimage->hashName();
\Storage::disk('public')->delete($oldimage);
$data['profileimage'] = $file_address;
}
Store image using original name
if($request->hasFile('profileimage')){
$store_path = 'aboutus';
$profileimage = $request->profileimage->storeAs($store_path, $uploadedFile->getClientOriginalName(),'public');
$oldimage = $about->profileimage;
$file_address = $store_path.'/'.$request->profileimage->getClientOriginalName();
\Storage::disk('public')->delete($oldimage);
$data['profileimage'] = $file_address;
}

Answer 4

Delete the old image while updating
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
// other updates
if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
//delete old image if exist
if (File::exists(public_path($oldImage))) {
File::delete(public_path(oldImage));
}
//new image process
}
}