Title: Bulk selection does not work
Last modified: July 18, 2017

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# Bulk selection does not work

 *  [alexander70](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexander70/)
 * (@alexander70)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-selection-does-not-work/)
 * Hello! There was a need to clean the media library of files that are not really
   on the server, but were saved in the database. To do this, I used the mask search(
   audio files) for May 2017. There were many files (several thousand). I pressed
   on Bulk Select, waited several hours, but nothing stood out. Plugin Media Cleaner
   also did not help. This problem is somehow solved? Thanks.
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    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [alexander70](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexander70/).

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 *  [hellheim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellheim/)
 * (@hellheim)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-selection-does-not-work/#post-9337957)
 * hi there,
 * try the following:
 * Media -> Library and from the top left you will select viewing mode List.
    then
   check “File” checkbox at the top of the list and make sure you have “Bulk actions”
   selected in the dropdown above, then hit “Apply”.
 * hope it solves your issue.
 *  Thread Starter [alexander70](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexander70/)
 * (@alexander70)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-selection-does-not-work/#post-9338852)
 * Thanks! But this way I can select a maximum of 20 files for 1 time. Can I increase
   the number of selected files?
 *  [hellheim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellheim/)
 * (@hellheim)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-selection-does-not-work/#post-9339033)
 * try this thing, switch back to grid view.
    now click on “Bulk select” then holding
   down SHIFT button, click on first item and while still holding SHIFT scroll to
   the last item and click on that one.
 * it should select all the files in between. should do the trick.
    thanks

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-selection-does-not-work/#post-9339033)
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