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    How do you delete the whole file from uTorrent?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Thundr, Mar 15, 2013.

  1. Thundr

    Thundr Notebook Evangelist

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    Instead of right clicking going to the 'delete' button, again clicking, then choosing 'delete torrent and all files'.

    Is there a shorter way to do all this?
     
  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not from what I see that is the best way to clear up the torrent so there no remaining parts left over...
     
  3. Prostar Computer

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    No. Right click -> delete .torrent and data will get rid of the torrent file and whatever you downloaded by using it, and that's pretty much the simplest way to go about it. Otherwise you're looking at navigating to wherever the torrent file is and where the data is and deleting them using Windows Explorer.
     
  4. blackspider

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    No shorter way. What you described has been the recommended way (from my experience) than deleting through windows explorer as it may prompt you that files may be in used and cannot be deleted.
     
  5. Thundr

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    Hmm. In Mac you can do shift delete I believe which will delete all files associated with the torrent. Why isn't there such shortcut for windows ?
     
  6. SL2

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    It used to work, but it doesn't work for me in more recent versions. Maybe a matter of settings.
     
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    Different build for a different platform - but typically the shortcuts don't vary much. You've tried the same shortcut within Windows to no avail? This alludes to the same shortcut key legend, but doesn't specify on the page whether it's universal or OS specific.
     
  8. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Funny, delete .torrent always just removes the torrent from uTorrent, it never removes the actual .torrent file. Same with delete .torrent + data, except that it really does get rid of the data. I always have to manually delete the .torrent file.

    But really, a couple clicks are pretty manageable unless you're downloading and deleting a lot of torrents at the same time...
     
  9. SL2

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    Shift Delete works in the latest version for me.