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 [specifie…

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 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.

Delete episodes based on when user watches

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