I'm creating multiple translations of a course and want to delete all the English audio files at once. Is this possible? In the media library, the delete icon (trash can) is disabled. Is there a way to enable it and select and delete all the audio files?

Great question, Sally! You can delete assets from the media library if they aren’t used anywhere in your project. Just select an asset in the list on the left side of the screen and click the Delete button in the lower right corner of the details pane. (The button will be grayed out if the asset is in use.) It sounds like you need a way to delete a group of media files all in one click. Thanks for letting us know what you'd like to see, and I'll be sure to pass along this idea to our Product team. 😁

Thanks for your reply. Just to clarify, I wanted to delete all the audio files that are in use in the project, without going to each slide to delete the file. I can't do that in the Content Library, since the files are still used on the slides. However, I don't need to do that. I'm actually swapping out translated audio files, and I discovered that the Content Library lets me do that - which is great!

Thanks for clarifying, Sally and happy to hear you found a method that'll work for you! I also noticed that your email signature came through when you replied via email. You can remove that if you would like by clicking Edit beneath your response. Here’s a quick Peek video if you need help.

I hope you can give us a step by step on how to remove multiple audios at once. I can't find any options for that in the content library or media library. Thank you so much!

HI Jirah! I'm happy to offer a step by step! Before we get started, there are a few notes to keep in mind. When you add an asset to a slide using the Storyline ribbon, the asset automatically appears in your media library. And if you later delete the asset from the slide, it also disappears from the media library. However, when you import an asset directly into the media library, it’ll remain in the library until you delete it. If the asset’s use count is zero, you can use the Delete button to remove it from the media library. Now onto the steps! To delete multiple assets in the Media Library, first, make sure they aren't used in the course. If they are used in the course, the Delete button will be greyed out. Select the assets that you want to delete. On your keyboard, hold down the WINDOWS key, or COMMAND if you're using a Mac, and then use the mouse to click each asset. Lastly, click the Delete icon in the lower right corner of the Media Library. The delete icon looks like this: Please let me know if you have any additional questions!

Is it possible to delete all audio files from the media library?

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JoseTansengco
Staff
3 years ago
Hello Felecia and Anthony,

Thanks for letting us know that you're interested in seeing this feature in Storyline 360!

I've added your voice to the feature request that we are currently tracking for this feature, and we'll be sure to let you know if this gets added to our product roadmap.
JohnRobertso364
Community Member
3 years ago
It is possible to delete all audio from a Storyline project in a matter of seconds. I have also been working on multiple translations as per the original author’s question, and have had to do this. I found a tool that strips all MP3’s and associated CC files.
JenniferRandolp
Community Member
3 years ago
Please add my vote for this feature. We are using a different voice actor for the next version of the course. I have 250+ audio clips to manually delete.
Jürgen_Schoene_
Community Member
3 years ago
why do you update the audio in the media library?

if you overwrites the audio files an there original file location, storyline recognized that the file is updated und you have only click the update button

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Is it possible to delete all audio files from the media library?

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