# Delete original video files after optimizing it
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-original-video-files-after-optimizing-it/187760
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [April 7, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-original-video-files-after-optimizing-it/187760 "2017-04-07T20:25:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@alekdavis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/alekdavis)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-original-video-files-after-optimizing-it/187760/1 "2017-04-07T20:25:05Z")
I saw questions about this, but haven’t found a feature request, so here it is:
It would be nice if the optimization feature allowed user to **delete** the **original video** file and use the optimized file instead. That would help save space. Since there may be multiple optimized versions, for each optimized version, it’d be nice to have an option to use it as the original. I’d recommend saving a backup of the original, just in case something goes wrong with the optimized version (this can also be an option: delete original after optimization is complete).
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-original-video-files-after-optimizing-it/187760/2 "2017-04-07T21:21:04Z")
duplicate feature request
[https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/200499/feature-request-keep-the-optimized-movie-version-only#top](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/200499/feature-request-keep-the-optimized-movie-version-only#top)
closing
please respect the rules for this subforum
- search first if the request has already been posted before
- only [one feature per post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "one feature per post")
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-original-video-files-after-optimizing-it/187760/3 "2018-11-16T13:11:08Z")