How do I delete "Collections" from Library?

[Mikexx 1]

Yes, this was asked before:

  

 

and the solution at the time:

 

 

 

However if I shutdown Emby and then delete the "Collections" folder as suggested, on restarting the App, Collections re-appear.

 

There is no "Collections" folder on the disk and I'm stuck.

I have zero items in collections.

I also deleted:

  C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata\collections

after stopping and restarting Emby

Any ideas?

[Neminem 1519]

Either you have this enabled in your library.

Or Collections are in your nfo files.

[GrimReaper 4740]

1 hour ago, Mikexx said:

and the solution at the time:

 

 

 

However if I shutdown Emby and then delete the "Collections" folder as suggested, on restarting the App, Collections re-appear.

Have you followed all the steps listed in the solution post? As it sounds you haven't, deleting collections folder from your OS will not suffice - it'll only enable Collections library to be listed as Mixed-type, and you have to delete/remove it from Settings>Library. 

[Mikexx 1]

11 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

Have you followed all the steps listed in the solution post? As it sounds you haven't, deleting collections folder from your OS will not suffice - it'll only enable Collections library to be listed as Mixed-type, and you have to delete/remove it from Settings>Library. 

 

Many thanks. I tried following the following:

 Restart Emby, go to Setting-Library, now the Collection library should be Mixed Content type and have the option to Delete/Remove the library.

But I don't get this option. Just "Edit" and "Edit Images"

 

[Mikexx 1]

29 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Either you have this enabled in your library.

 

Or Collections are in your nfo files.

Many thanks.

Now turned off.

Where are these nfo files? Can I manually edit or delete them?

[Neminem 1519]

Nfo files should be besides your media files.

[Mikexx 1]

23 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Nfo files should be besides your media files.

Many thanks.

 

After a search of all ".nfo" files in the media folder, I can see a total of 80 nfo files that include the word "collection"

They all have two similar lines, by way of example:

 

Line 16: <collectionnumber>64751</collectionnumber>

Line 268:  <set>Crank Collection</set>

 

There is no data that pertains to the "Collections".

If I deleted all of these, would the issue go away? This is all very frustrating.

 

[Neminem 1519]

Also look for this

<set tmdbcolid="9485">
    <name>The Fast and the Furious Collection</name>
</set>
 

[Mikexx 1]

10 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Also look for this

<set tmdbcolid="9485">
    <name>The Fast and the Furious Collection</name>
</set>
 

Many thanks, none of the nfo files have the text "colid" in them.

242 have a line starting with "<tmdbid>"

[Neminem 1519]

<tmdbid> is an identifier for the movie, you dont want to delete that.

Look for

tmdbcolid

Edited October 13, 2024 by Neminem

[Mikexx 1]

13 minutes ago, Neminem said:

<tmdbid> is an identifier for the movie, you dont want to delete that.

Look for

tmdbcolid

 

I have searched all the nfo files and the text "tmdbcolid" isn't in any file.

[Neminem 1519]

ok what is creating those nfo files ?

[Neminem 1519]

Do you have this enabled in your library ?

[Mikexx 1]

8 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Do you have this enabled in your library ?

No, it's unticked.

[Neminem 1519]

11 minutes ago, Neminem said:

ok what is creating those nfo files ?

Just quoting myself here ?

[Mikexx 1]

10 minutes ago, Neminem said:

ok what is creating those nfo files ?

 

I've checked and the date of these nfo files is 2018 to 2020. This has been used with a Jellyfin and plex some years ago. I guess the files might be a relic.

 

However 300 files include lines like:

  <art>
    <poster>D:\Emby\DVDs\MacGyver\poster.jpg</poster>
  </art>

Which is not the current folder for the file and movie in question.

[Mikexx 1]

Should I delete these. I guess I can always reinstate them from the recycle bin!

[Neminem 1519]

You could try.

But there is a risk of Emby not identifying them after.

That depends on you naming Movie Naming of you folders and movies.

Remember to do a library scan and Metadata refresh after.

To see the result.

Edited October 13, 2024 by Neminem

[Mikexx 1]

On 13/10/2024 at 15:44, Neminem said:

You could try.

But there is a risk of Emby not identifying them after.

That depends on you naming Movie Naming of you folders and movies.

Remember to do a library scan and Metadata refresh after.

To see the result.

 

All the *.nfo files on the on the media hard disk were deleted.

I restarted Emby and it all works but the collections folder is still present.

Strangely I scanned the disk for nfo files and there aren't any.

I don't understand what is going on.

[Neminem 1519]

Is the collection folder empty ?

[Mikexx 1]

16 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Is the collection folder empty ?

Yes

 

[Neminem 1519]

@Happy2Playdo you remember how to remove collection library.

@Mikexxwhere do you see the collections, just to be sure where they still are present.

Screenshots please

[Mikexx 1]

This is the normal Home folder

 

Now in Settings > Library

Right click on Collections folder

Right click on another folder

 

What do you need to see?

[Happy2Play 9780]

31 minutes ago, Neminem said:

@Happy2Playdo you remember how to remove collection library.

Assuming no collections exist, it is mentioned at the end of the guide.

 

[Neminem 1519]

@MikexxYou should use this guide.

I have never done this, so sad to say my skilles are no longer in play