prevent auto multi image generation

Ive used this code but still many images generated

// Disable loads of Enfold & WP image sizes upon upload
// do image sizes manually, double-size with high compression for retina screens
// use Photoshop to set exact double size and quality between Q30 and Q40
add_action('init', 'remove_enfold_image_sizes');
function remove_enfold_image_sizes() {
// do NOT remove widget size, is used in backend portfolio items!
// remove_image_size('widget');
  remove_image_size('square');
  remove_image_size('featured');
  remove_image_size('featured_large');
  remove_image_size('portfolio');
  remove_image_size('portfolio_small');
  remove_image_size('gallery');
  remove_image_size('magazine');
  remove_image_size('masonry');
  remove_image_size('entry_without_sidebar');
  remove_image_size('entry_with_sidebar');
  remove_image_size('shop_thumbnail');
  remove_image_size('shop_catalog');
  remove_image_size('shop_single'); 
    remove_image_size('shop_gallery_thumbnail');
}
// Remove unneeded WP image sizes
add_filter( 'intermediate_image_sizes_advanced', 'prefix_remove_default_images' );
// Remove default image sizes here. 
function prefix_remove_default_images( $sizes ) {
// do NOT remove small and medium sizes, they are used in backend Media Library!
// unset( $sizes['small']); // 150px
// unset( $sizes['medium']); // 300px
 unset( $sizes['large']); // 1024px
 unset( $sizes['medium_large']); // 768px
 return $sizes;
}

• This reply was modified 11 months, 1 week ago by Yory.

Isn’t the code supposed to stop the automatic creation of multiple images some inflated in file size considerably?
these regenrate plugins will do that or will they generate more images or both?

Of course the snippet will not delete the 1000s of files already created and the regenerate-thumbnails-advanced does not delete anything it seems although the Advanced options for Delete Unselected Thumbnails and Remove non-existent images.
what does recalculate mean? Selecting the desired file dimensions to regenerate by the plugin?
WIll this potentially contradict the snippet code that restricts regeneration of many image sizes?