# \[Feature Request\] Delete watched episodes

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [September 3, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445 "2015-09-03T06:00:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mtvanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mtvanc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mtvanc)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/1 "2015-09-03T06:00:17Z")

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I have to clean up some space and I’m looking for a easy way to delete episodes I’ve seen without having to go into the directories manually and selecting only the files I’ve seen.

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**Author:** ![s1mpleman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/s1mpleman/32/6160_2.png) [@s1mpleman](https://forums.plex.tv/u/s1mpleman)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/2 "2015-09-03T10:11:23Z")

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Have you seen this by anychance?

[http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/84822/plex-auto-delete-script/p1](http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/84822/plex-auto-delete-script/p1)

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**Author:** ![mtvanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mtvanc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mtvanc)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/3 "2015-09-03T15:15:52Z")

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I have not, thank you. I hope it still runs from 2013

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**Author:** ![s1mpleman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/s1mpleman/32/6160_2.png) [@s1mpleman](https://forums.plex.tv/u/s1mpleman)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/4 "2015-09-03T16:14:19Z")

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Check the Github [https://github.com/ngovil21/Plex-Cleaner](https://github.com/ngovil21/Plex-Cleaner)

I think it might have been forked as well and continued by someone else. Sorry it’s not something I use, was just aware of it but there were mentions of this on the last few thread posts.

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**Author:** ![mtvanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mtvanc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mtvanc)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/5 "2015-09-03T17:06:08Z")

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The first one worked perfectly, i just tried it out and it cleaned it up easily

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/6 "2016-04-12T23:04:30Z")

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duplicate feature request

> **[Delete on finish](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/60696/delete-on-finish)**
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> Like TiVo, delete dialog on finishI don't know how many folks would find this useful, obviously based on your use case. For me I use my tv shows and podcasts library sections in plex the same way I use my TiVo. I don't hang onto things, I delete...

closing this one so to not unecessarily spread the votes

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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:** [January 17, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/7 "2021-01-17T19:25:24Z")

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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, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-delete-watched-episodes/114445/8 "2021-06-10T00:44:54Z")

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