Mods Adding the possibility to delete Mods Download History

[AlaxoucheModding]

Hey!

Here is my suggestion. For some people like me who make modlists, then remove them to rebuild them, or also for people who download a lot of collections/Wabbajack modlists, a real problem is the download tag. It confuses us to know which mod we have downloaded to our current modlist and which tag belongs from an older list. I would like to suggest a button to wipe out all the downloaded tags from modpages. First, I guess it could free up some storage data. Second it's only about the tag. I know that the downloaded state is important for when you use a collection, but it's only the visual tag that interests us here.

It could be integrated in the Download History menu and I'm sure it would be useful to many users. This is quality of life and should probably conflict with nothing.

If my explanation was unclear or want more detail just let me know.

[nister69]

On 4/9/2025 at 4:01 PM, Pickysaurus said:

We don't delete download history at all because it's fundamental to how some of our website systems work. Including the various mod author rewards (free premium, Donation Points). We have had to limit how much each user can see themselves to 30k downloads for performance reasons though.

Is it possible that there's a way to hide the mod from your mod history? That way, it wouldn't be deleted, but it wouldn't appear to the user.

[vialabo]

I think a really useful thing to add is a tooltip hover box when you hover the downloaded icon on a mod you've download while browsing. It would save time when you've tried multiple modpacks from Wabbajack recently, you're left with a bunch of downloaded mods applicable to old lists and the only way to know if you've downloaded for an older list is going into the modpage. It's minor, but it could be nice for browsing and seeing when you've downloaded the mod that says you've downloaded it before. 

[fadeother]

On 4/9/2025 at 4:01 PM, Pickysaurus said:

We don't delete download history at all because it's fundamental to how some of our website systems work. Including the various mod author rewards (free premium, Donation Points). We have had to limit how much each user can see themselves to 30k downloads for performance reasons though.

Would it at least be possible to have hidden or deleted mods dissappear from the download list? There is really no reason for these to still clog our lists, even less reason for them to show up in the endorsement reminders.

[zloybelka]

3 hours ago, fadeother said:

to show up in the endorsement reminders.

Just click "refrained from endorsing" or whatever that button is called.

[OldBrunny]

I love the download history feature, its very useful for keeping mods & plugins up to date, especially after a new game version.
However I, and I suspect most other users down load mods on a trial basis.  If we like them they stay in our game, if not we stop using them.

I would like the ability to remove those mods I've stopped using from my download list so I can concentrate on those mode that I do use. 

[AlaxoucheModding]

On 4/8/2025 at 2:50 PM, Pickysaurus said:

One idea I proposed in the past was to have a "cutoff date" for your download history so that anything before the cutoff isn't loaded and isn't used for the mod badges. So I could say, "Today I want to 'reset' my download history, so don't use any of my downloads from before 8 April 2025". 

Not sure if that fixes all of the problems, there are a lot of use cases to consider. 

 

On 4/9/2025 at 4:01 PM, Pickysaurus said:

We don't delete download history at all because it's fundamental to how some of our website systems work. Including the various mod author rewards (free premium, Donation Points). We have had to limit how much each user can see themselves to 30k downloads for performance reasons though.

True and I understand that now but instead of deleting the history, I'd suppose the "downloaded" tag on thumbnail is dissociated to the cache download, so wouldn't it be easier and actually interesting to consider to simply remove the tag yet keep the cache/data? So it would cause no issues for modders and the rest of the system yet the user wouldn't see that tag until they redownload? Just and idea, let me know if it is stupid or not

[HoratioLionheart]

On 4/7/2025 at 3:06 PM, lumberfart said:

I believe that it would be a HUGE quality of life change to either rename the "track" button, or add an additional "hide updates" button for any mod you have previously downloaded. It is really annoying to login to NexusMods, seeing the "new update" notification, only to be disappointed that it is not for any of the mods you currently have installed but rather for a random mod you uninstalled 7 months ago

this would be immensely helpful. because there's some mods that i don't really care to use ever again, but i still get notified of updates to them. i'm glad the devs are still updating these mods, but if i'm not using them any longer for one reason or another, i'd rather not be pestered about it. .-.

[AlaxoucheModding]

11 hours ago, HoratioLionheart said:

this would be immensely helpful. because there's some mods that i don't really care to use ever again, but i still get notified of updates to them. i'm glad the devs are still updating these mods, but if i'm not using them any longer for one reason or another, i'd rather not be pestered about it. .-.

Yeah exactly. I hope they'll consider the suggestion again with the new talks, as right now my download history is full of mods I don't even use and it just makes it insanely painful to search and update. Might be the same for you and many other users more and more