REMOVING files / layers / graphics from Indesign

Hi, I have used 100s of photos and graphics in a book production but now I see that many of them were not used in the book. If I delete them from the Indesign file, they keep coming up as missing files and links. Is there a particular way to remove files from an Indesign work? thank you
Vedic Press Australia

What I mean to say is that I go into Finder where all the TIFF and PSD file used in the Indesign project are sitting and those that are doubled up or created at some point but no longer needed, I then remove them. I do not wish to delete files that are sitting on the Indesign pages since they are final. I am referring for example to file that I created with a graphic which I now no longer need, a photo that I saved as psd but created the same one as tiff etc.
I have removed some of those in past because they just take room for no reason and increase the size of the indesign file. But when I reopen the Indesign file I get a pop up message that links and files are missing, referring those I have deleted and asking to find them and reinsert them.
The project I am working on is a large coffee table book with over 1500 photos and graphics over 457 pages (13" x 13"), so in the process of producing the book, obviously many psd and tiff files are created which I dont want to use anymore. All my other final graphics and photos which will show in the book are safely stored and backed up. So how do I get rid of those that I no longer need?
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