How to delete in ET? Step by step?

[Marc_G 92]

Hi folks,

 

I've heard there is a way to delete content within the ET interface, but I can't find it. Also I think I read that it requires some setting to be made in the server, which also eludes me. I must be missing something simple.

 

After I watch something, I often want to delete it to free up space.

 

Thanks

 

Marc

[ShoutingMan 95]

Go into a movie (or TV show or whatever). Click the Trashcan icon to the right of Play button. That will delete the entire folder of media and metadata and purge it from your metadata manager.

 

Play | Trailer | Options | Trashcan

[Marc_G 92]

Thanks @@ShoutingMan,

 

But I'm clearly missing something. I don't see the trashcan icon. I do have the three-dot menu, but there's no "delete" or anything related in there that I can see.

 

Here's my screenshot, from my Emby Theater screen for an episode I recorded and want to delete, having watched it.

 

 

 

Perhaps I'm being selectively blind? It's been known to happen! 

 

My server is up to date and Emby Theater (Windows full desktop version) is also up to date, by definition since it seems to auto-update at will.

 

What am I missing?

 

Thanks!

 

 

Go into a movie (or TV show or whatever). Click the Trashcan icon to the right of Play button. That will delete the entire folder of media and metadata and purge it from your metadata manager.

 

Play | Trailer | Options | Trashcan

[denz 426]

Check the user settings that you may have accidently disabled delete option. It should be definately there but on your screenshot I can't see it.

 

 

Edited February 27, 2017 by denz

[Marc_G 92]

Ah! Brilliant!

 

Thanks. That's what I was missing. My user account didn't have media deletion allowed. I checked that box and all is well now.

 

I was sure there was a step I was missing on the server side; this was it.

 

Thanks again!

[Luke 36999]

Well done.