diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index e98e1e2d..83934a22 100755
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const { updateSceneSearch, updateMovieSearch } = require('./update-search');
 const { scrapeActors, deleteActors, flushActors, flushProfiles, interpolateProfiles } = require('./actors');
 const { flushEntities } = require('./entities');
 const { deleteScenes, deleteMovies, flushScenes, flushMovies, flushBatches } = require('./releases');
-const { flushOrphanedMedia } = require('./media');
+const { flushOrphanedMedia, detachReleaseMedia, detachEntityReleaseMedia } = require('./media');
 const { reassociateEntityReleaseTags, reassociateReleaseTags, reassociateOriginalTags } = require('./tags');
 const getFileEntries = require('./utils/file-entries');
 
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ async function init() {
 		}
 
 		if (argv.flushNetworks || argv.flushChannels) {
-			await flushEntities(argv.flushNetworks, argv.flushChannels);
+			// inject flushOrphanedMedia to prevent circular dependency with entity media flush
+			await flushEntities(argv.flushNetworks, argv.flushChannels, flushOrphanedMedia);
 		}
 
 		if (argv.flushBatches) {
@@ -203,6 +204,14 @@ async function init() {
 			await flushOrphanedMedia();
 		}
 
+		if (argv.detachReleaseMedia) {
+			await detachReleaseMedia(argv.detachReleaseMedia);
+		}
+
+		if (argv.detachNetworkMedia || argv.detachChannelMedia) {
+			await detachEntityReleaseMedia(argv.detachNetworkMedia, argv.detachChannelMedia);
+		}
+
 		if (argv.request) {
 			const res = await http[argv.requestMethod](argv.request);
 
diff --git a/src/argv.js b/src/argv.js
index f191b6b2..0874c419 100755
--- a/src/argv.js
+++ b/src/argv.js
@@ -349,7 +349,32 @@ const { argv } = yargs
 		describe: 'Remove files from storage when flushing media.',
 		type: 'boolean',
 		alias: 'flush-files',
-		default: true,
+	})
+	.option('detach-channel-media', {
+		describe: 'Remove media files from channel scenes.',
+		type: 'array',
+	})
+	.option('detach-network-media', {
+		describe: 'Remove media files from network scenes.',
+		type: 'array',
+	})
+	.option('detach-release-media', {
+		describe: 'Remove media files from network scenes.',
+		type: 'array',
+		alias: ['detach-scene-media'],
+	})
+	.option('detach-media-domains', {
+		describe: 'Only detach these types of media.',
+		type: 'array',
+		default: [
+			'posters',
+			'photos',
+			'caps',
+			'trailers',
+			'teasers',
+			'covers',
+		],
+		alias: ['detach-media'],
 	})
 	.option('flush-channels', {
 		describe: 'Delete all scenes and movies from channels.',
diff --git a/src/entities.js b/src/entities.js
index 34cf522a..788510d8 100755
--- a/src/entities.js
+++ b/src/entities.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const logger = require('./logger')(__filename);
 const argv = require('./argv');
 const knex = require('./knex');
 const { deleteScenes, deleteMovies, deleteSeries } = require('./releases');
-const { flushOrphanedMedia } = require('./media');
 const { resolveScraper, resolveLayoutScraper } = require('./scrapers/resolve');
 const getRecursiveParameters = require('./utils/get-recursive-parameters');
 
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ async function fetchEntityReleaseIds(networkSlugs = [], channelSlugs = []) {
 	};
 }
 
-async function flushEntities(networkSlugs = [], channelSlugs = []) {
+async function flushEntities(networkSlugs = [], channelSlugs = [], flushOrphanedMedia) {
 	const { sceneIds, movieIds, serieIds } = await fetchEntityReleaseIds(networkSlugs, channelSlugs);
 	const entitySlugs = networkSlugs.concat(channelSlugs).join(', ');
 
diff --git a/src/media.js b/src/media.js
index 68579b36..79d3399c 100755
--- a/src/media.js
+++ b/src/media.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const http = require('./utils/http');
 const bulkInsert = require('./utils/bulk-insert');
 const chunk = require('./utils/chunk');
 const { get } = require('./utils/qu');
+const { fetchEntityReleaseIds } = require('./entities');
 
 // const pipeline = util.promisify(stream.pipeline);
 const streamQueue = taskQueue();
@@ -1159,8 +1160,36 @@ async function flushOrphanedMedia(stage = 1) {
 	}
 }
 
+async function detachReleaseMedia(rawSceneIds) {
+	const sceneIds = rawSceneIds.map((sceneId) => Number(sceneId)).filter(Boolean);
+
+	await argv.detachMediaDomains.reduce(async (chain, domain) => {
+		await chain;
+
+		const mediaEntries = await knex(`releases_${domain}`).whereIn('release_id', sceneIds);
+
+		await knex(`releases_${domain}`)
+			.whereIn('release_id', sceneIds)
+			.delete();
+
+		logger.info(`Removed ${mediaEntries.length} ${domain} from ${new Set(mediaEntries.map((mediaEntry) => mediaEntry.release_id)).size} scenes`);
+	}, Promise.resolve());
+
+	if (argv.flushOrphanedMedia !== false) {
+		await flushOrphanedMedia();
+	}
+}
+
+async function detachEntityReleaseMedia(networkSlugs = [], channelSlugs = []) {
+	const { sceneIds } = await fetchEntityReleaseIds(networkSlugs, channelSlugs);
+
+	await detachReleaseMedia(sceneIds);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
 	associateAvatars,
 	associateReleaseMedia,
 	flushOrphanedMedia,
+	detachReleaseMedia,
+	detachEntityReleaseMedia,
 };