# Delete unused plugin nodes

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 5, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265 "2023-12-05T09:31:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265/1 "2023-12-05T09:31:29Z")

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Hi folks.  
What’s the process for deleting all unused plugin nodes from the outliner?  
Scene optimise doesn’t seem to touch them.

Example:  
Import Cosmos character to help with scale then delete it or any other proxy for that matter.  
What gets left behind is all the nodes  
uvwgen  
srgb.tx  
combine node

Turning on all the boxes in the Optimize scene options still doesn’t clean the scene.

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![damaggio](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/damaggio/32/9438_2.png) [@damaggio](https://forums.chaos.com/u/damaggio)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265/2 "2023-12-06T14:41:34Z")

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I don’t think there’s a way to clean that, I made a request a while back about some Cosmos textures not getting deleted with Optmize, I’m still doing by hand and cleaning the outliner DAG nodes. Vray 5

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**Author:** ![vladimir\_krastev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/vladimir_krastev/32/42177_2.png) [@vladimir\_krastev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vladimir_krastev)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265/3 "2023-12-11T14:58:49Z")

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Hi, thanks for posting. I can reproduce what you are describing. I will investigate and get back to the thread.

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**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265/4 "2023-12-11T15:00:30Z")

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Many thanks. Awesome!

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**Author:** ![vladimir\_krastev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/vladimir_krastev/32/42177_2.png) [@vladimir\_krastev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vladimir_krastev)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265/5 "2023-12-11T16:17:14Z")

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Hi again, we have this issue logged (VMAYA-11982) following @damaggio 's thread which is [here](https://forums.chaos.com/forum/v-ray-for-maya-forums/v-ray-for-maya-problems/1175221-cosmos-assets-clean-up-and-maya#post1175386). The issue is not resolved. I will add this thread to it and raise the priority.

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**Author:** ![damaggio](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/damaggio/32/9438_2.png) [@damaggio](https://forums.chaos.com/u/damaggio)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/delete-unused-plugin-nodes/117265/6 "2023-12-11T17:23:19Z")

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I’ll keep watching, thanks for the update Vlad.