Delete Watched Prompt Per Library

[TopSideControl 11]

I wasn't sure where to put this, but is it possible to be prompted to delete items after watching them but only for certain media. 

 

I've like to do it for TVshows etc but not for movies. I'm mainly using Kodi on windows. 

[TopSideControl 11]

Anyone?

[Luke 42078]

It is a good suggestion, and we're monitoring it for community feedback. Thanks.

[QUIKFLUX 6]

I personally would love a delete option added to emby theater, i do delete things after watching them, and its annoying to have to do it from windows explorer etc after watching.

[James 31]

Diito would love to see delete item added to ET

[Marc_G 95]

I also would appreciate a delete option.

[Luke 42078]

I think you guys are mistaking what this topic is actually asking for

[Spaceboy 2573]

Well to get a delete option per library you need a delete option

[Happy2Play 9780]

Well to get a delete option per library you need a delete option

Guess you would have to specify a client since there is a delete option on the server.

[Ian-Highlander 147]

A prompt to delete items after watching them might be useful for some, but please don't make this compulsory, some of us never delete anything 

Edited April 4, 2016 by Ian-Highlander

[Zodler 18]

A delete option after watching is more than great. My media library that I add to Emby is completely separate from my main media. I have a HTPC folder where I copy the media I want to watch to there and then delete after I watch them.

[Hun 2]

Any revisit to this feature? I just moved from Plex and it had a nice per-show feature where it'll delete the episode after watching (e.g. I don't want every late night talk show kept building up storage).

[Luke 42078]

11 hours ago, Hun said:

Any revisit to this feature? I just moved from Plex and it had a nice per-show feature where it'll delete the episode after watching (e.g. I don't want every late night talk show kept building up storage).

Hi, it's something we plan to add I'm future updates. Thanks.

[Zodler 18]

Instead of just deleting, running a script after playback would be the best way.

[hrsa 0]

I'd love that option, too!

It's a useful feature for someone who watches a lot of series at the same time. Just an option to see all "watched" content and delete it all at once would save me a lot of disk space !

[Hun 2]

On 9/29/2020 at 8:40 AM, Luke said:

Hi, it's something we plan to add I'm future updates. Thanks.

Any updates Luke? Still waiting to jump ship from Plex but this is the one feature that's missing for me!

[Luke 42078]

We don't have an automated feature for this yet but you could easily use the episodes tab of a TV library to filter on the criteria and then bulk delete using the multi select tool.

[Hun 2]

Just now, Luke said:

We don't have an automated feature for this yet but you could easily use the episodes tab of a TV library to filter on the criteria and then bulk delete using the multi select tool.

This is a manual step though that requires me to log in and take action. If it's a feature that's not on the roadmap that's completely fine - but wanted to touch base to confirm.

Thanks!

[Luke 42078]

1 minute ago, Hun said:

This is a manual step though that requires me to log in and take action. If it's a feature that's not on the roadmap that's completely fine - but wanted to touch base to confirm.

Thanks!

I understand. I was just trying offer something until we have an automated method. Thanks.

[Zodler 18]

I'm actually becoming less interested in this. I used to delete an episode immediately right after I saw it but I see that it affects the Next Episode display everywhere, Emby, Kodi.

When you delete the last episode, you don't see the Next Episode suggestion anymore. It seems you need at least one last episode played present in your library to see the Next Episode suggestion.

It would have been great if the Next Episode suggestion worked even if you deleted the last played. Don't know how that works.

[goldsworthy1 5]

@Lukeany chance of an update on this feature?

[Luke 42078]

On 6/20/2025 at 8:26 AM, goldsworthy1 said:

@Lukeany chance of an update on this feature?

So you want to be prompted with a dialog after you've finished watching something?

[yocker 1247]

13 minutes ago, Luke said:

So you want to be prompted with a dialog after you've finished watching something?

Would be nice as a feature that could be enabled or disabled for specific libraries.
Maybe even a way to enable it for specific users.

[Luke 42078]

What if each user could enable it in their preferences, and it was just one toggle that applied to all libraries?

[yocker 1247]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

What if each user could enable it in their preferences, and it was just one toggle that applied to all libraries?

Personally like the idea of specific libraries better as people might want to keep some movies or TV shows.