How to enable the Delete function in Media Browser

By default it is not possible to delete a media item directly from Media Browser itself. This is done to prevent unexpected behaviour for most users.

However, it is possible to enable this feature if you want.

First, in Windows Explorer, navigate to “C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser” and open the “MediaBrowserXml.config” file in notepad.

In the config file, look for the following two settings:

<EnableAdvancedCmds>False</EnableAdvancedCmds>
<Advanced_EnableDelete>False</Advanced_EnableDelete>

and change them to:

<EnableAdvancedCmds>True</EnableAdvancedCmds>
<Advanced_EnableDelete>True</Advanced_EnableDelete>

and save the config file.

Once this is done you will see an additional delete option on the movie or episode detail page in Media Browser.

Important notes

The delete option might not be available on all themes. it’s up to the theme developer to incorporate this

There is a known issue with deleting files immediately after they are watched. This is due to a microsoft bug that keeps the last played file open. It can therefor not be deleted immediately. Either start another media item first or delete the media item after windows media center is restarted.

If the media files are accessed through a Mapped Network Drive, MediaBrowser may return an error not being able to delete the file. Most of the time this will be solved by using UNC paths in the configurator, provided the access rights are properly set on the folders.

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