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I have an older "trailer" project from 2012 that I'm unable to delete which I believe was corrupt to begin with after upgrading to the most current version of iMovie. I deleted all the media from the project but the outline | storyboard | shot list seem to be intact and can't be edited. Do I need to re-import the media and place in the outline in order to delete? I appreciate any help.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), 2.0ghz, 8GB Ram
I've solved this in iMovie 10.1.5
I had this issue where the projects were showing as grey boxes which I could not delete. I opened a Finder window, went to my users/<username>/movies folder, right clicked on iMovie library and selected "show package contents".
In here I could see folders for the offending projects, so I deleted them.
When I restarted iMovie, it warned my me library was damaged, and I clicked on "repair" (not continue!).
Hey presto - undeleteable projects gone.
My existing projects were unharmed.
Hope this helps!
In El Capitan if I open the project and clear out the timeline, then I can delete the project.
Not sure how this dumb problem still exists, but thanks for posting your reply. It worked. What a PITA!
I've had the same problem: unable to delete iMovie projects (in iMovie 10.1.4) that were updated from a previous version. The only solution I've found to fix this problem is ugly, but it repeatedly works for me. Please don't try it if you don't feel comfortable with it; you could mess up your movie library if you delete the wrong thing. That said, it's pretty straight forward:
Like I said, this is an ugly, ugly solution but it's worked for me multiple times when nothing else has. I'd be happy to see a real solution that doesn't require going into the package. Apple...?
I'm not sure why this worked for me, but I've been tearing my hair out trying to solve this issue too.
By chance, I've found a solution for myself.
1. At the very top of iMovie, select 'Media'.
2. On the left side of the window, select 'iMovie Library'
3. There should be a list of your different projects and the media you used for it. Go to the project that you want to get rid of and delete the media contents (Command + Delete). This should get rid of the project from that list.
4. Return to 'Projects' and find the project you want to delete.
5. Select that project and delete the contents inside, leaving it completely blank.
6. You should be able to delete it now.
I have no idea if it'll work for others, but for some reason it's working for me. Hope it helps.
Thanks! This works for me
iMovie 10.1 : Can't Delete Older Project
