# Deleting Media from Client

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/deleting-media-from-client/25018
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [December 13, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/deleting-media-from-client/25018 "2012-12-13T01:31:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![dography](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dography](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dography)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/deleting-media-from-client/25018/1 "2012-12-13T01:31:59Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
This has the potential to be a useful feature since it’s easy to delete a movie once watched using the client, but if your movies are organised together with an accompanying poster in a folder as below…  
  
  
  
Movies/  
  
…Avatar (2009)/  
  
…Avatar (2009).mkv  
  
…Avatar (2009).jpg  
  
  
  
  
  
…then it only deletes the video file itself. Since you then have to delete the jpg and containing folder anyway (in Finder/Windows Explorer), isn’t it counter-productive as you actually end up deleting it twice (once using the client and another in using your computer).   
  
  
  
Is it possible to introduce an option such that you can either just delete the file, if that’s all you have, or instead the top level folder for that particular movie if that’s how your structure works? Seems redundant otherwise for anyone that uses custom artwork or even just keeps their movies in separate folders.  
  
  
  
Thanks

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### Author: ![SlackR84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SlackR84](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SlackR84)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/deleting-media-from-client/25018/2 "2012-12-13T11:18:21Z")

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[http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/46319-remove-empty-directories/page\_\_p\_\_311845\_\_fromsearch\_\_1](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/46319-remove-empty-directories/page __p__ 311845 __fromsearch__ 1)

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/deleting-media-from-client/25018/3 "2021-03-31T18:15:10Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/deleting-media-from-client/25018/4 "2021-06-10T00:47:25Z")

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