Sonarr: Recycling Bin Management

[markus101]

A page in the UI for managing the recycling bin, to see which files are there, the ability to empty it or restore a file from it back to the library (manual import-like?).

[RealTabman]

Speaking of recycle bins, the option to have a separate recycling bin directory for different drives would also be nice.

[leram84]

i would also add the ability to handle cleanup automatically... So, set a size limit on the bin (1TB for example) and then keep only the most recent 1TB of files and delete everything else.

[ghost]

I like the idea of a size limit on the recycle bin, but it's probably a lot of code to write (I don't know, I'm not a dev).

Would you consider adding the "delete everything older than 7 days in the recycle bin" interval as a setting in the GUI?
(advanced option, don't allow users to set it to 0 or higher than a reasonable maximum, default = 7)
Use case: I'd like to set the interval a bit shorter. My disk still fills up with lower quality files that were upgraded but I'm reluctant to turn off the recycle bin altogether since I occasionally have to "save" a file in it.

Somewhat related: the tooltip on the recycle bin option says "files will go here [...] instead of being permanently deleted". But after 7 days, they're deleted anyway (!)
Haven't seen anyone complain about that, but e.g. in Windows you can leave files in the recycle bin forever if you really want. I think maybe a little warning for people thinking Sonarr's recycle bin works the same way would be nice.

[Kyrluckechuck]

+1 to this, totally forgot I had a recycle folder setup for my Sonarr installation recently and had to delete 2.4TB of data..

[eriksneff]

@Kyrluckechuck me too! That's why I'm here. I made a mistake with my Radarr and Sonarr configs on mac, incorrectly setting them to use what I thought was the macOS recycle bin folder:

/Volumes/drivename/.Trashes/

Both Sonarr and Radarr were using that folder. However, since the macOS dock trash wasn't showing anything in it, emptying it wasn't an option, nor would it have helped. I just realized I had about a TB of stuff in the above folder, and that's why my drive was out of space.

After a lot of research, I discovered the CORRECT folder path (below) for macOS that causes the trash bin to show that it's not empty is in fact:

/Volumes/drivename/.Trashes/501/

That missing 501 folder was the key. Sigh. Hope that helps someone.

[iasktank]

Is this still an issue you all want to be resolved? I can set up some archiving scripts to manage the recycling folder if enough want it.

[CollinChaffin]

I would still like to see something in place to manage it. TIA!

[tmchow]

I'm surprised there's not limit on the diskspace used or some automated job to clean it up old files. So count me in for adding my vote on this feature request :)

[runaroundhome]

v3 appears to be auto deleting older then 1 week files. Though I have no idea if it actually does it, I just saw it in the change log (I'm hoping there will be a way to customize the 1 week and/or disable it).
https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/commit/dc7b4cebf2b0990e95aed2a96300f1dea1b13390

[ghost]

Interval is configurable in v3: https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/commit/8196f6b9dbe5b5f3a76b236d5df695e4762e6571

[runaroundhome]

Oh wow, I totally missed that change last week, thank you @Thirrian !!