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Hi. Why after physically deleting a folder with downloaded files and restarting the programme it starts downloading files again and recreating the folder hierarchy? How can I make it so that after deleting files the programme does not start downloading them again every time I run it?

Delete the file + torrent in qBittorrent. If you right click and click Remove, you have the option to "Also permanently delete the files".

Peter wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:37 pm Delete the file + torrent in qBittorrent. If you right click and click Remove, you have the option to "Also permanently delete the files".

I get it, it works. But it's inconvenient. Why can't I just delete downloaded files and folders from the disc, so they won't download spontaneously from now on. This works in other torrent trackers (e.g. µTorrent), but for some reason it doesn't work in qbittorent!

This never worked in uTorrent. uTorrent always worked 100% the exact same way. If I delete a file outside, it will throw an error.

Peter wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 4:27 pm This never worked in uTorrent. uTorrent always worked 100% the exact same way. If I delete a file outside, it will throw an error.

Not exacatly.

If you downloaded and STOPPED a torrent, after closing uTorrent then deleted the files because you don't need them anymore, and after starting uTorrent, that said torrent will still be 100% download, because it is stopped and inactive, uTorrent doesn't recheck it every start if the files are still there for STOPPED torrents or not.

With qBittorrent if you download a torrent and STOP that torrent, close it, delete the file and restart qBittorrent it rechecks it every start, even if it is STOPPED, and says "Missing Files", because i delete those files for a reason.

uTorrent's method is good for keeping tabs on downloaded torrents without needing to worry for redownloading once downloaded torrents.

An option would be nice for qBittorrent to ignore automatic rechecks for STOPPED completed torrents.

Peter wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:37 pm Delete the file + torrent in qBittorrent. If you right click and click Remove, you have the option to "Also permanently delete the files".

Ok, thanks. I will try it. I hope it works. It is very irritating. It is my first time using qBittorrent.