# Delete episodes based on when \*user\* watches
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-episodes-based-on-when-user-watches/232004
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [April 9, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-episodes-based-on-when-user-watches/232004 "2018-04-09T15:38:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@elykkyle](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elykkyle)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-episodes-based-on-when-user-watches/232004/1 "2018-04-09T15:38:10Z")
Currently the only option to have Plex automatically delete episodes is based on when the server admin watches an episode. There are some shows I have on my server that I don’t watch, but another user does. I’d like to be able to set Plex to automatically delete show episodes based on when [specified user] watches the episode
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### Author:  [@truthfulie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/truthfulie)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-episodes-based-on-when-user-watches/232004/2 "2018-04-10T15:15:37Z")
I do love auto delete feature for daily shows. But it could use some more fine tuning. Adding a checkbox list with home users would be great.
I only need really need auto delete feature for the watch status of other users. Being the admin user, I know what I’ve watched and I know what I don’t want to keep. Deleting them manually here and there, is no biggie. But it’s tedious task to check if user A have finished a show that I do not wish to keep and delete them manually.
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### Author:  [@yoharnu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/yoharnu)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-episodes-based-on-when-user-watches/232004/3 "2018-05-11T14:48:18Z")
To expand on this, deleting after 1 or 7 days is not always what I want. For several shows, I’d like to delete them after 14 days. It would be nice if I could type in the number of days.
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-episodes-based-on-when-user-watches/232004/4 "2021-03-27T01:52:26Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
> [@\[Feature Request\] Allow Episodes to Auto-Delete After Another User Has Watched Them](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-allow-episodes-to-auto-delete-after-another-user-has-watched-them/210059):
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> Change the “auto-delete after administrator has watched” setting to allow for us to select someone other than the administrator. Maybe all users being shared with could appear in a simple dropdown? “Choose how quickly episodes are removed after the server admin [select user \>] has watched them.”
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-episodes-based-on-when-user-watches/232004/5 "2021-06-10T00:42:26Z")