Permanently deleting from media library not deleting from wp-content/uploads

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I am “permanently deleting” from the media library as the administrator. When I permanently delete the file, it remains in my “wp-content/uploads” folder. Doing a google search I found two sources talking about this. Both of the sources blame a plugin called “WPML” that does language translations.

I am not using this plugin. The files will not delete from the system using the “delete permanently” function in the media library. The only plugin I had affecting the media library was FileBird Lite but I see no forums blaming this plugin.