Delete torrent + files ?

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sdkyron

Delete torrent + files ?

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Hello,

So i recently switched from uTorrent to qBittorrent and i can't find the option to right click delete torrent+files. All i have is the ability to remove the torrent from the list but the torrent file and the downloaded files are still there.

What am i missing ?
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Right-click -> Delete and check the box to delete files too.
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sdkyron wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:35 am Hello,

So i recently switched from uTorrent to qBittorrent and i can't find the option to right click delete torrent+files. All i have is the ability to remove the torrent from the list but the torrent file and the downloaded files are still there.

What am i missing ?
I'm a new user, got the same problem. The files are not deleted, did find a fix for that? :(
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saulob wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 8:39 pm
sdkyron wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:35 am Hello,

So i recently switched from uTorrent to qBittorrent and i can't find the option to right click delete torrent+files. All i have is the ability to remove the torrent from the list but the torrent file and the downloaded files are still there.

What am i missing ?
I'm a new user, got the same problem. The files are not deleted, did find a fix for that? :(
Hey everyone, I figured out the issue and wanted to share it here for others who might have the same problem. I noticed no one mentioned this, so I hope it helps.

The program does delete files correctly, but it only works for torrents that were originally downloaded through QBittorrent. When I installed QBittorrent, I migrated several torrents from uTorrent using the bt2qbt utility. When I tried to delete those, the torrents disappeared, but the files remained on the hard drive.

It was really confusing, and it took me a few weeks to start using QBittorrent with torrents that I added directly through it. When I deleted those, all files were successfully removed :)

So, to summarize: Files from torrents that were imported from uTorrent to QBittorrent don't get deleted, but files from torrents that are originally added to QBittorrent are deleted without any problems.

I hope this explanation is clear and helps others. I'm also going to post this same message in other threads where I asked for help. Hopefully, there won't be any issues with repetition.
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Hi, i'm newbie here, also searchin for this option in qbittorrent, but i did not export old torrent-files from uTorrent, only new files and result is the same. I already used to delete files files with torrent and manual deleting is very annoying.
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blinkside wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:16 pm Hi, i'm newbie here, also searchin for this option in qbittorrent, but i did not export old torrent-files from uTorrent, only new files and result is the same. I already used to delete files files with torrent and manual deleting is very annoying.
Set this under Options → Advanced
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Then when you go to remove the torrent + data you'll get this prompt. Check the box and to the left of it you can click the lock icon button to save the setting (it will become grayed out).
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