Plex obviously has the option to convert video to an appropriate format. Unfortunately it means a sub directory within the existing directory with a secondary video file. I think I speak for a large chunk of the Plex community when I say that this is getting really really stupid that plex doesn’t h…

Add a "delete original" after conversion option

OttoKerner September 25, 2019, 9:24am 3

This has been requested before. Closing as duplicate.

Topic		Replies	Views
[Feature Request] Keep the optimized movie version only Feature Suggestions media-optimizer	40	1839	December 10, 2025
Keep an Optimized version and delete the original video General Discussions	7	458	January 7, 2020
Allow deletion of original file, keeping optimized version Feature Suggestions	3	142	November 16, 2018
Feature Request: Delete source file after optimizing Feature Suggestions	3	82	November 16, 2018
Transcode and Delete Original Feature Suggestions	2	271	November 16, 2018