diff --git a/app/routers/api_v3_actions_event_file.py b/app/routers/api_v3_actions_event_file.py
index 0aa168a..3359071 100644
--- a/app/routers/api_v3_actions_event_file.py
+++ b/app/routers/api_v3_actions_event_file.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 from app.config import settings
 from app.db_sql import redis_lookup_id_random, sql_select, sql_update, sql_delete, get_id_random
 from app.methods.hosted_file_methods import (
-    create_hosted_file_obj, load_hosted_file_obj, save_file, 
-    create_hosted_file_link, delete_hosted_file_link
+    create_hosted_file_obj, load_hosted_file_obj, save_file,
+    create_hosted_file_link, delete_hosted_file_link, handle_delete_hosted_file
 )
 from app.methods.event_file_methods import create_event_file_obj, load_event_file_obj
 from app.lib_general_v3 import (
@@ -276,6 +276,49 @@ async def create_event_file_from_hosted_file_action(
     return mk_resp(data={"event_file_id": get_id_random(res_ef_id, 'event_file')})
 
 
+@router.delete('/{event_file_id}', response_model=Resp_Body_Base)
+async def delete_event_file_action(
+        event_file_id: str = Path(min_length=11, max_length=22),
+        rm_orphan: bool = Query(True),
+        account: AccountContext = Depends(get_account_context),
+        delay: DelayParams = Depends(),
+        ):
+    """
+    Atomic delete for an event_file record.
+    1. Removes the hosted_file_link (event_file → hosted_file).
+    2. If rm_orphan=True and no other links remain, removes the physical file
+       and hosted_file DB record.
+    3. Removes the event_file row itself.
+    """
+    if delay.sleep_time_s > 0: await asyncio.sleep(delay.sleep_time_s)
+
+    ef_id_int = redis_lookup_id_random(record_id_random=event_file_id, table_name='event_file')
+    if not ef_id_int:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Event file not found.")
+
+    ef_rec = sql_select(sql="SELECT hosted_file_id FROM event_file WHERE id = :id", data={'id': ef_id_int})
+    hf_id_int = ef_rec.get('hosted_file_id') if ef_rec else None
+
+    link_cleaned = False
+    if hf_id_int:
+        link_cleaned = handle_delete_hosted_file(
+            account_id=account.account_id,
+            hosted_file_id=hf_id_int,
+            link_to_type='event_file',
+            link_to_id=ef_id_int,
+            rm_orphan=rm_orphan,
+        )
+        if not link_cleaned:
+            log.warning(f"handle_delete_hosted_file returned False for hosted_file {hf_id_int} / event_file {ef_id_int}")
+
+    sql_delete(table_name='event_file', record_id=ef_id_int)
+
+    return mk_resp(data={
+        'event_file_deleted': True,
+        'hosted_file_link_cleaned': bool(link_cleaned),
+    })
+
+
 @router.get('/{event_file_id}/download')
 async def download_event_file_action(
         response: Response,
diff --git a/app/routers/api_v3_actions_hosted_file.py b/app/routers/api_v3_actions_hosted_file.py
index 9d252d3..5cf11fc 100644
--- a/app/routers/api_v3_actions_hosted_file.py
+++ b/app/routers/api_v3_actions_hosted_file.py
@@ -370,6 +370,71 @@ async def check_hosted_file_obj_w_hash_action(
     return mk_resp(data=False, status_code=404, response=response, status_message="No record found for this hash.")
 
 
+@router.get('/orphan_scan', response_model=Resp_Body_Base)
+async def orphan_scan_action(
+        include_disk_orphans: bool = Query(False),
+        limit: int = Query(500, ge=1, le=5000),
+        offset: int = Query(0, ge=0),
+        account: AccountContext = Depends(get_account_context),
+        ):
+    """
+    Admin: find hosted_file records with no hosted_file_link entries (DB orphans),
+    and optionally physical files on disk with no hosted_file DB record (disk orphans).
+    Use limit/offset to page through large backlogs.
+    """
+    db_orphan_sql = """
+        SELECT hf.id, hf.id_random, hf.filename, hf.hash_sha256,
+               hf.subdirectory_path, hf.size, hf.content_type, hf.created_on
+        FROM hosted_file hf
+        LEFT JOIN hosted_file_link hfl ON hfl.hosted_file_id = hf.id
+        WHERE hfl.id IS NULL
+          AND (hf.hide IS NULL OR hf.hide != 1)
+        ORDER BY hf.created_on ASC
+        LIMIT :limit OFFSET :offset
+    """
+    raw = sql_select(sql=db_orphan_sql, data={'limit': limit, 'offset': offset}, as_list=True) or []
+
+    db_orphans = []
+    for row in raw:
+        db_orphans.append({
+            'hosted_file_id': row.get('id_random') or get_id_random(row['id'], 'hosted_file'),
+            'filename': row.get('filename'),
+            'hash_sha256': row.get('hash_sha256'),
+            'subdirectory_path': row.get('subdirectory_path'),
+            'size': row.get('size'),
+            'content_type': row.get('content_type'),
+            'created_on': str(row.get('created_on', '')),
+        })
+
+    result = {
+        'db_orphans': db_orphans,
+        'db_orphan_count': len(db_orphans),
+        'disk_orphans': [],
+        'disk_orphan_count': 0,
+    }
+
+    if include_disk_orphans:
+        hosted_files_root = settings.FILES_PATH['hosted_files_root']
+        all_db_hashes_raw = sql_select(sql="SELECT hash_sha256 FROM hosted_file", as_list=True) or []
+        all_db_hashes = {r['hash_sha256'] for r in all_db_hashes_raw}
+
+        disk_orphans = []
+        for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(hosted_files_root):
+            for fname in filenames:
+                if fname.endswith('.file'):
+                    sha256 = fname[:-5]
+                    if sha256 not in all_db_hashes:
+                        disk_orphans.append({
+                            'hash_sha256': sha256,
+                            'path': os.path.join(dirpath, fname),
+                        })
+
+        result['disk_orphans'] = disk_orphans
+        result['disk_orphan_count'] = len(disk_orphans)
+
+    return mk_resp(data=result)
+
+
 @router.get('/{hosted_file_id}/links', response_model=Resp_Body_Base)
 async def get_file_links_action(
         hosted_file_id: str = Path(min_length=11, max_length=22),