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Set "Not Downloaded" on whole torrent and re-check all files #7113

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opened 2026-02-21 18:47:19 -05:00 by deekerman · 7 comments

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Originally created by @JudoFreak on GitHub (Apr 7, 2018).

Wondering if it is possible to set qBittorrent to not download any of the files but check all of them and therefore seed them upon completion of checking. Currently it only checks the files if they are set to be downloaded.

Originally created by @JudoFreak on GitHub (Apr 7, 2018). Wondering if it is possible to set qBittorrent to not download any of the files but check all of them and therefore seed them upon completion of checking. Currently it only checks the files if they are set to be downloaded.

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@thalieht commented on GitHub (Apr 7, 2018):

Add the torrent paused in qBt and "save" it to the location of the files you already have, right click it and force recheck. Or if you already added the torrent, right click -> Set location... and force recheck.
Make sure you watch it as it is checking because if it fails it may start downloading and overwrite your existing files (may be fixed in next version of qBt).

@thalieht commented on GitHub (Apr 7, 2018): Add the torrent paused in qBt and "save" it to the location of the files you already have, right click it and force recheck. Or if you already added the torrent, right click -> Set location... and force recheck. Make sure you watch it as it is checking because if it fails it may start downloading and overwrite your existing files (may be fixed in next version of qBt).

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2026-02-21 18:47:26 -05:00

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@JudoFreak commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018):

Gotcha, that sort of fixes the issue. I've also come to discover that when I seed across different sites that when a file is selected as do not download it will always move the completed file into the .unwanted folder. I know this has probably be discussed and requested to death on here but is there any chance of removing the .unwanted feature? I switched from uTorrent 2.2.1 and it handles the caching and do not download in a manner that doesn't use the .unwanted folder.

@JudoFreak commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018): Gotcha, that sort of fixes the issue. I've also come to discover that when I seed across different sites that when a file is selected as do not download it will always move the completed file into the .unwanted folder. I know this has probably be discussed and requested to death on here but is there any chance of removing the .unwanted feature? I switched from uTorrent 2.2.1 and it handles the caching and do not download in a manner that doesn't use the .unwanted folder.

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2026-02-21 18:47:26 -05:00

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@thalieht commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018):

That's been the plan for quite a while but noone has done it yet.

@thalieht commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018): That's been the plan for quite a while but noone has done it yet.

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2026-02-21 18:47:26 -05:00

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@JudoFreak commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018):

Fair enough, do you happen to know if anyone is working on it or if any progress is being made on it?

@JudoFreak commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018): Fair enough, do you happen to know if anyone is working on it or if any progress is being made on it?

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@thalieht commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018):

Probably noone.

@thalieht commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018): Probably noone.

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@JudoFreak commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2018):

Could you perhaps merge this with an open ticket for getting rid of the .unwanted folder system? I'm pretty sure there already likely has ben something opened on it so no use having multiple threads.

@JudoFreak commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2018): Could you perhaps merge this with an open ticket for getting rid of the .unwanted folder system? I'm pretty sure there already likely has ben something opened on it so no use having multiple threads.

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@FranciscoPombal commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2020):

Original question was answered and .unwanted folder feature has been removed in master (https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/pull/12820), so versions after 4.2.5 will not include it.

@FranciscoPombal commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2020): Original question was answered and `.unwanted` folder feature has been removed in `master` (https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/pull/12820), so versions after 4.2.5 will not include it.