# \[resolved\] deleting sharing labels

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/resolved-deleting-sharing-labels/759838>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** library-management\
**Created:** [November 24, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/resolved-deleting-sharing-labels/759838 "2021-11-24T11:02:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![JCHH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jchh/32/84326_2.png) [@JCHH](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JCHH)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/resolved-deleting-sharing-labels/759838/1 "2021-11-24T11:02:21Z")

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Hi,

Just thought I would share this in case anyone else is banging their head against a wall.

I have been trying to delete a particular sharing label for ages. It’s not important so I haven’t really worried about it, but every now and then I try (and fail) …until today.

The notes say that an unused label will be deleted when the database is next optimised. That’s true.

I was convinced I had removed all instances of the label in question (filtering all my libraries by that label, selecting all and then removing it).

What I had forgotten was that, to share TV or\* movies in a collection with a label, one needs to label the collection as well as the individual movies in the collection.

Removing labels from a lot of collections is a major faff (as you cannot filter collections), but that did fix it for me.

[edit: typo\*]

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**Author:** ![rda990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@rda990](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rda990)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/resolved-deleting-sharing-labels/759838/2 "2021-11-30T01:03:43Z")

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I just went through all settings several times trying to figure out how to delete a label. I can confirm that removing all use of the label and optimizing the database will delete it.

What notes were you reading that stated this?

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**Author:** ![JCHH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jchh/32/84326_2.png) [@JCHH](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JCHH)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/resolved-deleting-sharing-labels/759838/3 "2021-11-30T07:55:32Z")

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I honestly cannot remember now - it may have been a post on this forum.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/resolved-deleting-sharing-labels/759838/4 "2022-02-28T07:56:30Z")

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