# Optimized versions **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** media-optimizer\ **Created:** [August 9, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions/735029 "2021-08-09T14:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sanna-Crome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sanna-crome/32/249552_2.png) [@Sanna-Crome](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sanna-Crome)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions/735029/1 "2021-08-09T14:08:06Z")
Hello I’m happy with the quality of the optimized versions and they don’t take up that much space. But when i go to delete the original version it also deletes the optimized one. Is there any way to only delete the original one? Thank you! -Sanna ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions/735029/2 "2021-08-09T14:41:59Z")
Plex doesn’t support that. The optimized version “belongs” to the main item in your library – by deleting that, Plex will also “clean-up” its related media (incl. the optimized versions). I’ve seen users copying the optimize files, re-adding them as a different version of the item. There’s a feature suggestion asking for an option to keep only the optimized version and allowing to delete the original one. > [@\[Feature Request\] Keep the optimized movie version only](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-keep-the-optimized-movie-version-only/129150): > > I would be able to provide a way to delete the original movie and keep the optimized version automatically ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/optimized-versions/735029/3 "2021-11-07T14:42:16Z")
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