# Feature request - option to manually remove item from On Deck **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [December 16, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114 "2013-12-16T05:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Secretss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Secretss](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Secretss)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/1 "2013-12-16T05:55:04Z")
I very often watch a few seconds of my media to remind myself of the content but don't intend on watching it through, especially if the few seconds have ascertained that that's not the media I'm looking for. But this means it stays on my On Deck until my set duration expires (yes, I know about [this setting](http://i.imgur.com/GhW6lzm.png)). This completely goes against the purpose of On Deck, which in the developers' own words aims to answer the question "What do I want to watch?" Yet annoyingly, almost at all times, over 50% of the items in my On Deck are items that I DON'T want to watch and don't plan to watch. I don't how else to describe a scenario that more spectacularly defeats the purpose of an implementation.   I understand that user rectification of this problem is possible. In the past I simply marked the movie or the entire TV series as watched, then remarked them as unwatched, and they would be gone from the On Deck. However, I've just tried that 10 minutes ago for three TV series and the moment I remarked them as unwatched, back they pop up on my On Deck. A second suggestion would be to reduce the On Deck weeks to 0 in [this setting](http://i.imgur.com/GhW6lzm.png), which I decline to take.   Both methods of user rectification are unsatisfactory and incomplete. So let us have an option to manually indicate that we don't want a particular movie or TV series in the On Deck, regardless of the watched or unwatched status. A second option to permanently bar a movie or TV Series from appearing on the On Deck would be useful too. ---
**Author:** ![mmccurdy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mmccurdy/32/83290_2.png) [@mmccurdy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mmccurdy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/2 "2013-12-16T06:58:16Z")
The solution, as you described, is to mark things watched that you don't want appearing there.  If the item (or the entire TV series) is marked watched or unwatched, it will not appear in On Deck.  If it does, that's a bug.  What client are you using to mark them watched/unwatched? ---
**Author:** ![Secretss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Secretss](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Secretss)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/3 "2013-12-16T08:20:12Z")
I used the web dashboard on OSX Mavericks. I set them to watched and they went away from On Deck, but then I set them back to unwatched as they should be and they were back on On Deck again (in the past this toggling used to work to remove items from On Deck and still maintain their accurate unwatched states, but not anymore). I should also mention that these TV series are half watched, the earlier seasons are watched and the later ones not, so this could be why On Deck thinks I want to finish off the series. But I have many TV series that are this case and they don't clutter up my On Deck. ---
**Author:** ![mmccurdy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mmccurdy/32/83290_2.png) [@mmccurdy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mmccurdy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/4 "2013-12-16T11:33:32Z")
> I should also mention that these TV series are half watched, the earlier seasons are watched and the later ones not, so this could be why On Deck thinks I want to finish off the series. Okay, yeah...  On Deck assumes that if you've started watching a series, then it's a good candidate for something you might "want to watch," which I think is a good assumption in almost all cases.  If you want to write off the series, you can just mark the whole thing as watched and it will disappear from On Deck. Given that this is a feature voting thread, and it doesn't sound like there's a bug here, I'll leave it to see what happens in the voting.  Pardon the interruption :) ---
**Author:** ![dissaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@dissaster](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dissaster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/5 "2014-03-07T18:25:51Z")
Sometimes I have some tv shows that I see sporadically, but i don't want to have them on deck, and also, I don't want to loose the watched status of the individual episodes. So to have this feature would be really helpful, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![AsphyxNYC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@AsphyxNYC](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AsphyxNYC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/6 "2014-03-08T16:12:13Z")
I would also like to add an option to clear out all items in on deck ---
**Author:** ![avrignaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/avrignaud/32/7738_2.png) [@avrignaud](https://forums.plex.tv/u/avrignaud)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/7 "2014-03-08T19:04:46Z")
+1 as well. ---
**Author:** ![Darkrider27](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/darkrider27/32/7071_2.png) [@Darkrider27](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Darkrider27)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/8 "2014-03-08T21:34:47Z")
+1 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/9 "2021-04-09T13:54:25Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (remove items from joint on deck/continue watching hub) → described in the experimental feature announcement, in the meantime available with public releases > [@Universal Continue Watching (experimental feature)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/universal-continue-watching-experimental-feature/694658): > > (Part of [Experimental Features in Plex](https://forums.plex.tv/t/experimental-features-in-plex/694655). See that topic for information on how to enable experimental features.) Universal Continue Watching lets you track all of your in-progress movies and shows across different sources in a single row on your home screen. This row merges On Deck and our older Continue Watching for all pinned sidebar items. This means you can keep track of new and up next episodes of the shows you watch or pick up right where you left off across multiple servers or other on-de… ---
**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, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-manually-remove-item-from-on-deck/50114/10 "2021-06-10T01:01:12Z")