iMovie how to delete projects completely

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iMovie how to delete projects completely

Hi there,

I was playing around with the latest version of iMovie and I was wondering if anyone knows how to completely delete projects quickly? So far, in the project view menu when a project is deleted the clips and media will remain in the iMovie library (but it will be hidden from the iMovie project view). Of course one can then delete this folder in the library package, but iMovie doesn't seem to like me doing this (a window will pop open next time I try to open a project saying that the library is damaged).

Anyone know of a more straight-forward way to delete projects completely?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Jul 18, 2016 1:15 AM

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Answer 1

GeeD

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Jul 18, 2016 2:10 AM in response to CaptainOJ

In iMovie 10.1 and later original media can can be stored either in an event, (a collection of media which is available to any projects in the library), or in a project where it is 'local' just to that project (and appears in 'PROJECT MEDIA'). When you delete a project in the projects view, only the local project media is deleted. If you used media from events in a project you have to delete the event(s) from the list in the upper left pane of the project view:

You can only do this if media from the event are not used in any other project.

Geoff.

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Answer 2

Jul 18, 2016 1:24 AM in response to CaptainOJ

See if this works for you > Removing old libraries after updating - Apple Support

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Answer 3

Jul 18, 2016 5:47 PM in response to CaptainOJ

What I have found is as you say when you delete a project from the project view it does not delete the project media. In the edit view select the library in the side bar and click on the media tab. In the media window that appears scroll to find the media from the deleted project and then delete it there.

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