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RobertJSawyer · 11-04-2018, 11:10 PM

When I use Calibre to transfer a book to my Kobo reader, it creates a file with the extension .kepub and keeps it on my computer (not .kepub.epub as used on the Kobo device; Calibre stores these in its own library as just .kepub).

Of course, these files can be regenerated anytime from the original file (.epub, .azw3, or whatever) as needed -- but I've now got over a gigabyte of these .kepub files now in my Calibre library, and I'd like to get rid of them.

Is there an easy way from within Calibre (so that Calibre will know about it) to delete .kepub files while keeping the library entries for the same book in other formats intact? Many thanks!

11-04-2018, 11:10 PM	#1
RobertJSawyer Guru Posts: 737 Karma: 4306712 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Libra 2, Clara 2E, and Clara HD; Kindle PaperWhite	How to delete all files of a specific format? When I use Calibre to transfer a book to my Kobo reader, it creates a file with the extension .kepub and keeps it on my computer (not .kepub.epub as used on the Kobo device; Calibre stores these in its own library as just .kepub). Of course, these files can be regenerated anytime from the original file (.epub, .azw3, or whatever) as needed -- but I've now got over a gigabyte of these .kepub files now in my Calibre library, and I'd like to get rid of them. Is there an easy way from within Calibre (so that Calibre will know about it) to delete .kepub files while keeping the library entries for the same book in other formats intact? Many thanks!