Magento – Replace product image without getting _1 in filename

This was already taken care of with a module. Image Clean works with 1.4.2.0 on up to 1.7 and is available over on Magento Connect as a free install.

I recommend it as your issue will be an ongoing one. Magento does not remove images when product are deleted so not only do you have this import issue to contend with every time something goes akilter, but you have an ongoing and never ending disk usage bloat as Magento's less than stellar housekeeping lets it pack on the poundage in unused images from long dead and removed product.

Note: no affiliation with the above mentioned module. However, having tried to go the scripting route to manage images, found that this developer produced a module that works simply and efficiently. Just don't let it delete your placeholder images for "No image found"

Fastest way to remove image,then follow below steps: delete all records from

1. catalog_product_entity_media_gallery
2. catalog_product_entity_media_gallery_value'

table because magento is save all product image data at those table.

Then index from Index management from admin for set image black.

Then remove image from dir then goto Your magento dir at media/catalog/product and from this folder delete all file.

Another Process:

Andy Simpson,you need a script which is delete all product from your system which will delete from DB and file system.

Step1: Create a php at root direct of magento system which include Mage.php at first code.

require_once "YOURMAGENTODIR/app/Mage.php";
umask(0);

Step2: set current store is admin and set Developer mode

Mage::app('admin');
Mage::setIsDeveloperMode(true);

Step3: Get Product Collection and create a loop for get one product by one by one

$productCollection=Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection');

Step4: fetch product image by one and remove image one using below code:

$remove=Mage::getModel('catalog/product_attribute_media_api')->remove($product->getId(),$eachImge['file']);

FULL CODE:

<?php
require_once "YOURMAGENTODIR/app/Mage.php";
umask(0);
Mage::app('admin');
Mage::setIsDeveloperMode(true);

$productCollection=Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection');
foreach($productCollection as $product){
echo $product->getId();
echo "<br/>";
         $MediaDir=Mage::getConfig()->getOptions()->getMediaDir();
        echo $MediaCatalogDir=$MediaDir .DS . 'catalog' . DS . 'product';
echo "<br/>";

$MediaGallery=Mage::getModel('catalog/product_attribute_media_api')->items($product->getId());
echo "<pre>";
print_r($MediaGallery);
echo "</pre>";

    foreach($MediaGallery as $eachImge){
        $MediaDir=Mage::getConfig()->getOptions()->getMediaDir();
        $MediaCatalogDir=$MediaDir .DS . 'catalog' . DS . 'product';
        $DirImagePath=str_replace("/",DS,$eachImge['file']);
        $DirImagePath=$DirImagePath;
        // remove file from Dir

        $io     = new Varien_Io_File();
         $io->rm($MediaCatalogDir.$DirImagePath);

        $remove=Mage::getModel('catalog/product_attribute_media_api')->remove($product->getId(),$eachImge['file']);
    }


}