Blender Deleted My Un-assigned Materials - How is That A Feature? - Fake User

[SpookyDoom]

Because it seems to get buried in discussion all the time:

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@Harleya

This is (I think) the last design discussion about this. Although best to read the entire thing before commenting there. T61209 Always write unused IDs on save

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Proposal: Explicit Management of Data Blocks and (possible) Deprecation of Fake User

This proposal is intended to provide a unified vision for multiple changes necessary for the introduction of explicit data management in Blender and eventual deprecation of the controversial Fake User workflow. The Fake User workflow has been a significant pain point for a large portion of the Blender community throughout the entire history of Blender’s existence. Despite this history being over a couple of decades-long, the Fake User workflow has failed to prove itself as a superior, or at lea…