Kaltura (Captioning) - Deleting captions
Sometimes a Kaltura video owner or co-editor wants to delete one or more sets of captions associated with a video file. This guide shows how Kaltura video owners or co-editors from the University of Wisconsin System (except for UW Madison) can delete captions on their Kaltura videos.
Common use cases for deleting captions files include:
![Kaltura My Media entry with the pencil-shaped Edit icon to the right of the title highlighted. Kaltura My Media entry with the pencil-shaped Edit icon to the right of the title highlighted.](https://kb.wisconsin.edu/images/group388/115056/Kaltura_edit_01.png)
![Kaltura edit entry screen with the Captions tab selected and hightlighted. In the Actions menu, the x-shaped Delete button is highlighted. Kaltura edit entry screen with the Captions tab selected and hightlighted. In the Actions menu, the x-shaped Delete button is highlighted.](/images/group388/115063/Kaltura_delete_captions_01.png)
- the video has more than one set of captions associated with it, and the video owner would like users to access the best one.
- the captions file contains errors, and rather than edit the captions, the owner or co-editor would like to delete them.
Deleting Captions
Here is how a video owner or co-editor can delete a set of captions associated with a Kaltura video:
1) Go to Kaltura's "My Media"
1a) In Canvas, go to Canvas > Account > My Media.1b) In Mediaspace, go to Guest > Login, then [Your Name] > My Media.
2) On the My Media list, pick a video and then check the pencil-shaped Edit icon to the right of its title (or click the title then go to Actions > Edit).
![Kaltura My Media entry with the pencil-shaped Edit icon to the right of the title highlighted. Kaltura My Media entry with the pencil-shaped Edit icon to the right of the title highlighted.](https://kb.wisconsin.edu/images/group388/115056/Kaltura_edit_01.png)
3) On the edit entry screen, scroll to the row of tabs below the video. Select the Captions tab.
![Kaltura edit entry screen with the Captions tab selected and hightlighted. In the Actions menu, the x-shaped Delete button is highlighted. Kaltura edit entry screen with the Captions tab selected and hightlighted. In the Actions menu, the x-shaped Delete button is highlighted.](/images/group388/115063/Kaltura_delete_captions_01.png)
4) In the Actions section on the right of the Captions menu, click the x-shaped Delete icon.
5) On the "Delete Confirmation" pop-up, click Delete.
Note: this permanently deletes the caption file. It is not recoverable. Kaltura may also refuse requests to re-order the same type of captions for this video. For example, if the deleted captions file was a machine-generated caption, then Kaltura may refuse requests to re-generate machine captions for that video.