# Zone.identifier duplicate for every theme file

**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/zone-identifier-duplicate-for-every-theme-file/5420
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [August 22, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/zone-identifier-duplicate-for-every-theme-file/5420 "2025-08-22T12:53:33Z")
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### Author: ![mesha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/mesha/32/4757_2.png) [@mesha](https://community.kinsta.com/u/mesha)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/zone-identifier-duplicate-for-every-theme-file/5420/1 "2025-08-22T12:53:33Z")

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Hi there Dev Kinsta,

After moving site from live to local environment I got these identifier file duplicates for each of my theme file, how can I disable this?

 ![Screenshot_5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/9/9b5d1827b6a6acf763d7f605c0c9f86f2d012240.png)

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### Author: ![VladimirM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/vladimirm/32/2786_2.png) [@VladimirM](https://community.kinsta.com/u/VladimirM)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/zone-identifier-duplicate-for-every-theme-file/5420/2 "2025-08-22T13:44:49Z")

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Hello @mesha 👋

These are a security log feature files on WSL.

You can delete them via running command: find . -name “\*:Zone.Identifier” -type f -delete

To prevent future creation:

- Open the Local Group Policy Editor by pressing `Win + R`, typing `gpedit.msc`, and pressing Enter.

- Navigate to `User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Attachment Manager`.

- Enable the policy named “Do not preserve zone information in file attachments.”

Let me know if this helps 🙂

Kind regards,  
Vladimir M