# Delete whole folder from client
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [March 18, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773 "2014-03-18T19:50:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@djcedr](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djcedr)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773/1 "2014-03-18T19:50:31Z")
Hi,
When I finished looking at a movie, I usually delete it directly from the client used to look at the movie (most often, plex home theatre on Mac, while the server is also on the same Mac). It deletes the media file, but not the whole folder, leaving all the other unused (logs, subtitles sometimes) files in the original folder... leaving a file structure a bit crowded of nearly empty folders, then.
It would be nice to be able to delete the whole folder containing the movie when I click on 'delete', maybe only if there is no other movie file inside (except if the title includes 'trailer' or 'sample', something like that?)
Thanks,
Cédric
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### Author:  [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773/2 "2014-03-18T21:26:20Z")
Even though I agree with you in principle, we see from time to time, that Plex users doesn't follow the naming standard, and have all their movies in a single flat directory named movies.
As such, your suggestion would cause a disaster for them, so no vote from me here
/Tommy
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### Author:  [@djcedr](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djcedr)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773/3 "2014-03-18T21:33:56Z")
OK, that could be an option, not enabled by default, maybe?
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### Author:  [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773/4 "2014-03-18T21:41:21Z")
> OK, that could be an option, not enabled by default, maybe?
I'm not the one to say go or not, been a user just like you ;)
I just pointed out a weakness in your suggestion, and still think end users not following the naming standards, also wouldn't know the implications, so in my book:
Still too dangerous
/T
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773/5 "2021-01-16T13:50:10Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/delete-whole-folder-from-client/60773/6 "2021-06-10T00:46:49Z")