# Media library size management through transcoding

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-library-size-management-through-transcoding/812934
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [September 29, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-library-size-management-through-transcoding/812934 "2022-09-29T19:01:59Z")
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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: [October 3, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-library-size-management-through-transcoding/812934/6 "2022-10-03T11:24:42Z")

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If your main focus is optimizing the library but only keeping the optimized version… there’s already a suggestion discussing such an option:

> [@\[Feature Request\] Keep the optimized movie version only](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-keep-the-optimized-movie-version-only/129150):
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> I would be able to provide a way to delete the original movie and keep the optimized version automatically

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