Plugin: Emby Expiry Manager

[Amanade3 67]

Emby Expiry Manager : Schedule library items for automatic deletion. Pick any movie, series, season, or individual episode, set a date/time, and a background scheduler removes it automatically at your chosen interval.

Two removal modes are supported: delete from disk, which removes the item and its files permanently, and library only, which removes it from Emby while keeping the files. For library-only removals, the item is moved into a _deleted folder placed automatically inside the same library creating .embyignore file inside so Emby's scanner never recreates an empty shell for it. 

Shows badge and gives warning before the item leaves emby library (requires plugin emby new overlay v1.3.2.0 which is available in the forum page plugin/new badge overlay plugin)

 

EmbyExpiry.dll

[Amanade3 67]

If you are planning to delete an item from library while keeping the file don't forget to toggle on the emby ignore settings under the library settings. Be cautious when checking "Also delete from my disk", you may lose your media permanently.... as to my experience i Used windows and it puts them in recycle bin, however I can not guarantee same will happen to you. Also I haven't test it in other OS... so it is completely upto you how you use this plugin. Test the plugin and let me know if there are issues on it

Edited July 8 by Amanade3

[Amanade3 67]

Release Note

V 1.1.0.0

• Added deletion notifications: Broadcasts an on-screen message to every connected Emby app (web, mobile, TV, etc.) the moment the scheduler deletes an item.

• Added disk space summary: The Delete Queue tab now shows a live summary banner above the queue table:

  • Total in Queue — combined size of everything currently queued.
  • Space to be Freed — size of only the items marked "delete files," since library-only removals stay on disk.

EmbyExpiry.dll

[graytinc 2]

I will give it a try ,well done  

[Amanade3 67]

Try my other plugin which has integration to emby expiry manager Emby New overlay plugin 

[howllor 41]

This works very well, thank you.

May I suggest a way to select all content marked for purging, and adding them to a collection or similar? It would be useful to have a section for the users where they can see everything that will be deleted soon.

I've made such a collection myself, but I selected everything manually from the usual library views. For episodes, that took quite a while.

[Amanade3 67]

I think you mean automatically adding all the items in the deletion queue to a single collection. If that's what you mean, I like the idea and I'll try to include it in the next update.

[howllor 41]

Yes that was what I meant. Thank you

[Amanade3 67]

New Release 

v 1.2.0.0

• Added New: "Leaving Soon" collection sync — mirrors the delete queue into a real Emby collection, toggle + customizable name in Settings, fully managed membership (auto add/remove as items are queued, un-queued, or deleted).

EmbyExpiry.dll

[Amanade3 67]

On 13/07/2026 at 13:15, howllor said:

Yes that was what I meant. Thank you

Try V 1.2.0.0

 

[howllor 41]

Works perfectly, thank you!

[gagomezdevesa 0]

I'm using the plugin and I love it. But it turns out it's only recognized part of my library. I have anime and TV shows in separate categories, and it's identified the anime as TV shows but isn't recognizing the TV shows. Is there any way to force it to recognize them