# Enhance delete bulk of unused media files seems a blocked process **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/enhance-delete-bulk-of-unused-media-files-seems-a-blocked-process/13588 "2021-09-23T06:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ankibaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@ankibaby](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankibaby)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/enhance-delete-bulk-of-unused-media-files-seems-a-blocked-process/13588/1 "2021-09-23T06:27:15Z")
as it says, after clicking check media-\>delete unused (appoximately 300mb) deleting window will block until the action was performed ,cause window uncontrollable during this interval ![Snipaste_2021-09-23_14-16-47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/1/1e854cf54766ccd9dcb43a22f1a0ba2f9b1c4fa0.png) ![Snipaste_2021-09-23_14-17-02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/1/1d42cb2b687848a8ba06da1909cc832a27f4da85.png) Windows 10 Anki 2.1.47 ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/enhance-delete-bulk-of-unused-media-files-seems-a-blocked-process/13588/2 "2021-09-24T09:23:23Z")
Thanks for the report, added to [media deletion needs to be run in the background · Issue #1389 · ankitects/anki · GitHub](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/1389) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/enhance-delete-bulk-of-unused-media-files-seems-a-blocked-process/13588/3 "2023-05-01T04:49:34Z")