From a05bde53d46d1a074b5f17181c59086837dfb04c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadowghost <Ghost_of_Stone@web.de>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 10:49:01 +0200
Subject: Fix external data pruning on item deletion

---
 MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/IExternalDataManager.cs | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'MediaBrowser.Controller/IO')

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/IExternalDataManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/IExternalDataManager.cs
index f69f4586c6..b2eb8fc3f1 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/IExternalDataManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/IExternalDataManager.cs
@@ -16,4 +16,11 @@ public interface IExternalDataManager
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
     /// <returns>Task.</returns>
     Task DeleteExternalItemDataAsync(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Deletes only the filesystem-side external item data (attachments, subtitles, trickplay, chapter images).
+    /// Use this when DB-side cleanup is already handled by another code path (e.g. <c>IItemPersistenceService.DeleteItem</c>).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+    void DeleteExternalItemFiles(BaseItem item);
 }
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