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firebase storage angularfire and angular 2: problem with scope?

hi
i am using firebase database to store data and firebase storage to store images. i have a libraries node and an image associated with that library.
i want to delete a library and it's associated image. i manage to do both but not in a logical manner because i get undefined.

this is my code:
  deleteLib(id: string){
    //console.log(id);
    


      let thisLibImagePath = this.libService.getLibImagePlace(id);


      var libsStorageRef = firebase.storage().ref('images/libs/');

      // Create a reference to the image we need to delete
      var LimageRef = libsStorageRef.child(thisLibImagePath);
      

      // Delete the file
      LimageRef.delete().then(function() {
        console.log("deleted successfully");
        this.libraries.remove(id);
        
        
      }).catch(function(error) {
        console.log(error);
      });


      
    //this.libraries.remove(id);
  }

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this.libraries.remove(id); this line, which delete the library from the database, doesn't work within the promise, where it should be logical. i get the error that this.libraries is undefined. but if i use the same code at the end, it does recognize this.libraries. so i can delete it at the end, i just don't understand why within the scope of the promise, i can't use it.

what am i missing?

best regards
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