Safe Pruning & Deletion

Curatarr provides safe, human-in-the-loop deletion mechanics to protect against accidental media loss.

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Multi-Instance Pruning Architecture

In a multi-instance setup (for example, Radarr HD and Radarr 4K), a title might exist in both libraries. Curatarr allows you to target specific instances:

• Prune All Copies: Deletes the movie from both Radarr HD and Radarr 4K simultaneously.
• Prune Specific Copy: Removes the heavy 4K copy to free 60 GB, while keeping the 1080p copy for household streaming.

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Television Season Pruning

For episodic series, you can prune selectively:

1. Open the television series in Grid View or click to open the Media Detail Modal.
2. Expand the Seasons list.
3. Click Prune Season on older, watched seasons (e.g. Season 1 through 3) while retaining the current unwatched season on disk.

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Import Exclusion Toggle

When pruning an item, you can select Add to Import Exclusion List.

• When enabled, Curatarr sends an API call to Radarr or Sonarr to add the title's TVDB or TMDB ID to the import exclusion list.
• This prevents automated grabbers (RSS sync, interactive search, indexers) from re-downloading the deleted item in the future.

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Batch Operations

To prune multiple items at once:

1. Select items using the checkboxes in Grid View or Table View.
2. The Batch Action Bar slides in from the bottom of the screen.
3. Review total candidate count and disk space that will be reclaimed.
4. Click Prune Selected.
5. Enter your administrative confirmation in the confirmation modal.

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Forensic Audit Trail

Every deletion is permanently recorded in the forensic audit ledger (curatarr.db table audit_logs).

Each audit entry stores:

• Media title and media type (Movie or Series).
• Affected Arr instances.
• Reclaimed bytes.
• Exact disk paths.
• Import exclusion status.
• Triggering actor (User or MCP Agent).
• Timestamp (UTC).