# \[Feature Request\] Delete unused labels **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [May 9, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600 "2015-05-09T21:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![triplite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/triplite/32/13761_2.png) [@triplite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/triplite)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/1 "2015-05-09T21:19:26Z")
Allow admin to delete unused labels.   Based on this post: [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/160354-delete-labels/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/160354-delete-labels/) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/2 "2015-05-09T21:23:13Z")
Ups...Me smell space for improvement ^\_^ /T  And reported ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/3 "2015-05-09T23:20:02Z")
Hmm, as far as I know, these unused labels (and any unused tags) are deleted on startup, and when database is optimized. ---
**Author:** ![triplite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/triplite/32/13761_2.png) [@triplite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/triplite)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/4 "2015-05-09T23:25:24Z")
> Hmm, as far as I know, these unused labels (and any unused tags) are deleted on startup, and when database is optimized. I think you're right, looks like after a week - the db is optimized and the unsed labels are removed. Would still be nice to manually manage the labels instead of having to wait a week. ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/5 "2015-05-09T23:32:13Z")
> I think you're right, looks like after a week - the db is optimized and the unsed labels are removed. Would still be nice to manually manage the labels instead of having to wait a week. You can just manually optimize the DB :) ---
**Author:** ![KenKenco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@KenKenco](https://forums.plex.tv/u/KenKenco)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/6 "2019-03-04T00:15:42Z")
Hi I have this issue now. I want to remove label “K”. I can’t see any of my media using it, and it won’t go after a restart or DB update ---
**Author:** ![armega](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/armega/32/142022_2.png) [@armega](https://forums.plex.tv/u/armega)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/7 "2019-08-08T17:19:29Z")
I can confirm this is an issue. There is no way to remove unused labels. They do NOT get removed after optimizing and/or restarting the PMS service. ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/8 "2021-03-27T17:55:09Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (automatic clean-up) ---
**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, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-unused-labels/102600/9 "2021-06-10T00:56:38Z")