From 22fe5bf9ef2dbe05fd8d6889810ae367a333fbef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Cramer <ryan@processwire.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:02:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue processwire/processwire-issues#992

---
 wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeFile.module | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeFile.module b/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeFile.module
index e303ba9d..cd6b6adc 100644
--- a/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeFile.module
+++ b/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeFile.module
@@ -976,7 +976,9 @@ class FieldtypeFile extends FieldtypeMulti implements ConfigurableModule {
 				// pagefiles is a default/fallback value from another page and should not be deleted
 				
 			} else if($pagefiles instanceof Pagefiles) {
-				$pagefiles->deleteAll(); 
+				// $pagefiles->removeAll() not used here because it queues delete to $page->save(),
+				// which does not occur when a field is removed from a template
+				foreach($pagefiles as $pagefile) $pagefile->unlink();
 
 			} else if($pagefiles instanceof Pagefile) {
 				$pagefiles->unlink();