Question about Calibre library

TheSmitty · 11-13-2020, 09:50 AM

Once you have books loaded into Calibre and have coverted some/all to another format you can see in one of the columns all of the formats that exist for a given title.
My question is can you select one or more books and delete a given format? Reason for this could for many reasons but I am curious.

ekbell · 11-13-2020, 10:32 AM

Yes, you can remove a specified format if you wish, in fact you can remove all formats leaving just an empty entry.

I've done so when replacing an old gutenburg copy of a book with with a better mobileread copy.

retiredbiker · 11-13-2020, 11:00 AM

For multiple books, select several books and right-click on the selection. One of the menu choices is "Remove Books". Then you have more choices, one of which is "Remove files of a selected format from selected books".

You can do this for a single book as well, or go into Edit Metadata, and in the top right corner, select a format and hit the "Remove the selected format from this book" icon (lower right icon of the four in that corner).

theducks · 11-13-2020, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSmitty

Once you have books loaded into Calibre and have coverted some/all to another format you can see in one of the columns all of the formats that exist for a given title.
My question is can you select one or more books and delete a given format? Reason for this could for many reasons but I am curious.

Select Titles (books): Right click: Remove books: <choices here. Some have another menu like the specific Format to remove>

Calibres Context Menu's are your handy friend. (you can also customize context Toolbars in Preferences Look and Feel)

TheSmitty · 11-13-2020, 12:10 PM

Thanks everyone!

11-13-2020, 09:50 AM	#1
TheSmitty Addict Posts: 224 Karma: 1181422 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: DFW, TX area Device: Paperwhite SE, Libra 2, Oasis 3, Boox Note Air 3C, iPad Pro 11	Question about Calibre library Once you have books loaded into Calibre and have coverted some/all to another format you can see in one of the columns all of the formats that exist for a given title. My question is can you select one or more books and delete a given format? Reason for this could for many reasons but I am curious.

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11-13-2020, 10:32 AM	#2
ekbell Guru Posts: 603 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Canada Device: none	Yes, you can remove a specified format if you wish, in fact you can remove all formats leaving just an empty entry. I've done so when replacing an old gutenburg copy of a book with with a better mobileread copy.

11-13-2020, 11:00 AM	#3
retiredbiker Addict Posts: 387 Karma: 1638210 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kindle KB, Oasis, Pop_Os!, Jutoh, Kobo Forma	For multiple books, select several books and right-click on the selection. One of the menu choices is "Remove Books". Then you have more choices, one of which is "Remove files of a selected format from selected books". You can do this for a single book as well, or go into Edit Metadata, and in the top right corner, select a format and hit the "Remove the selected format from this book" icon (lower right icon of the four in that corner).

11-13-2020, 12:10 PM	#5
TheSmitty Addict Posts: 224 Karma: 1181422 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: DFW, TX area Device: Paperwhite SE, Libra 2, Oasis 3, Boox Note Air 3C, iPad Pro 11	Thanks everyone!

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