I want to remove ALL the non-USA ROMs. is there a way to do this through LaunchBox?

[craigwojo]

Thank you.

[C-Beats]

Typically for this task we recommend a ROM manager which will do a far better job than LaunchBox will. If you're feeling adventurous you can try the below though.

You should be able to do the following:

Import the games, ensure "Combine games with same title" is NOT checked and "Force Import Duplicates" IS. Do NOT download media with this import.
Go to options and ensure the "delete rom when deleting games" option is checked
Go to the platform in question and change the view to list view
Order by region (you may need to right click the headers and add it)
Delete any game that isn't NA and say yes to the prompt asking you to delete the ROM file

This should work for most platforms, though multi-disc and arcade will get you some hassles because of how those sets work in comparison.
 

[craigwojo]

Thanks C-Beats. What would you recommend for a ROM manager?
Also, is there a ROM manager that can do all emulator ROMs?

Edited December 16, 2022 by craigwojo

[tkssitch]

This guy has a good suggestion, Going try this myself actually.  Does talk about use of a Rom manager

 

[duhmez]

On 12/16/2022 at 6:28 AM, C-Beats said:

Typically for this task we recommend a ROM manager which will do a far better job than LaunchBox will. If you're feeling adventurous you can try the below though.

You should be able to do the following:

Import the games, ensure "Combine games with same title" is NOT checked and "Force Import Duplicates" IS. Do NOT download media with this import.
Go to options and ensure the "delete rom when deleting games" option is checked
Go to the platform in question and change the view to list view
Order by region (you may need to right click the headers and add it)
Delete any game that isn't NA and say yes to the prompt asking you to delete the ROM file

This should work for most platforms, though multi-disc and arcade will get you some hassles because of how those sets work in comparison.
 

Maybe this wiol work grea,t but I would be scared to, becuase, for example many roms are region "USA,Japan,WOrld" Know what I mean, multi region roms with multiple regions. SO mayeb u delete the europe version and it deletes the USA version too?

[faeran]

4 hours ago, duhmez said:

Maybe this wiol work grea,t but I would be scared to, becuase, for example many roms are region "USA,Japan,WOrld" Know what I mean, multi region roms with multiple regions. SO mayeb u delete the europe version and it deletes the USA version too?

If a ROM is multi-regioned, you should be able to see that in the list and make your own decisions on what to do for that specific ROM.

[duhmez]

11 hours ago, faeran said:

If a ROM is multi-regioned, you should be able to see that in the list and make your own decisions on what to do for that specific ROM.

Yes this is true, I sorte dmy own roms manually 1 by 1, but I was responding to the other guy posting about sorting by region and deleting in mass all the roms lagbelled europe or japan etc, I was just warning how maybe perhaps this would delete multi region roms, better be cxareful before trying this method