DVR hard drive space

General Discussions Plex Features
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Does Plex DVR auto-delete oldest recordings if it’s running out of space?

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you set up how long to keep, whether to keep etc in the Advanced tab when you setup the recording.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/226074728-Setting-Up-Recordings

Keep

Set the maximum number of unwatched episodes to keep for the show. Available options:

All episodes
5 episodes
3 episodes
1 episode
Episodes from the past 3 days
Episodes from the past 7 days
Episodes from the past 30 days

Examples:

If you choose “3 episodes” and you currently have 3 unwatched episodes, then when a new episode gets recorded, the oldest existing episode will automatically be removed.

“Episodes from the past X days” refers to when an episode first aired. So, if you record the nightly news and choose “Episodes from the past 7 days”, then after the 7th day, older unwatched episodes would start being removed. Conversely, if you have that setting chosen and you record a repeat airing of an episode that initially premiered a year ago, the episode would not be retained at all (since it was first aired more than 7 days ago).

Tip!: You should really only use the “Episodes from the past X days” options for shows where you’re only interested in retaining current episodes.
Delete Episodes After Watching

Choose how quickly episodes are removed after the server admin has watched them. Available options:

Never
After a day
After a week

For any setting except Never, episodes will automatically be deleted X number of days after the server admin account has watched them.

Warning: This is based on the server admin account. If this value is set and the server admin watches an episode, it will be deleted after X days even if a shared user has not watched it.

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It seems like it will automatically delete even if space is available. I was hoping it would only delete when space was needed. So I don’t have to choose how many episodes or days. I really want to keep as many as possible as space allows.

Also, 5 episodes as the max is too low. Should have options for 7 and 10 episodes.

Thanks for the reply.