Nexus Mods no longer lets modders delete files

Nexus Mods is going to change the policy for removing content on the site. This has to do with an upcoming feature for the site, where mods will be collected in ‘collections’. As a result, mods can no longer be deleted, but only archived.

In an extensive blog on Nexus Mods, the team behind the site explained why mods won’t be able to be removed from the site anytime soon. This has to do with the new ‘collections’ feature where different mods for a specific game can be collected and then installed at once.

To implement this new feature, mods can no longer be removed just like that, according to the developers. Instead, the mod will be archived, but will remain available through the collections already created with the mod. When a mod is removed, an entire collection may no longer work.

According to the Nexus Mods team, this is not workable and that is why modders will soon only be able to archive their mods. Once a mod is archived, it remains available in collections, but the mod can no longer be found or downloaded directly via Nexus Mods.

If modders still want to permanently remove mods at this point, they can do so in the next month. To do this, they must contact support. After this month, mods cannot be removed permanently.