diff --git a/Public API v1.yaml b/Public API v1.yaml
index 3789613..124a7d8 100644
--- a/Public API v1.yaml	
+++ b/Public API v1.yaml	
@@ -1936,16 +1936,11 @@ components:
           description: Number of files removed
     DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest:
       required:
-        - file
-        - sub
+        - file_uid
       type: object
       properties:
-        file:
-          type: string
         file_uid:
           type: string
-        sub:
-          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionRequestData'
         deleteForever:
           type: boolean
           description: 'If true, does not remove id from archive. Only valid if youtube-dl archive is enabled in settings.'
diff --git a/backend/app.js b/backend/app.js
index 385fad7..46c0a5e 100644
--- a/backend/app.js
+++ b/backend/app.js
@@ -1227,12 +1227,9 @@ app.post('/api/unsubscribe', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
 
 app.post('/api/deleteSubscriptionFile', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
     let deleteForever = req.body.deleteForever;
-    let file = req.body.file;
     let file_uid = req.body.file_uid;
-    let sub = req.body.sub;
-    let user_uid = req.isAuthenticated() ? req.user.uid : null;
 
-    let success = await subscriptions_api.deleteSubscriptionFile(sub, file, deleteForever, file_uid, user_uid);
+    let success = await db_api.deleteFile(file_uid, deleteForever);
 
     if (success) {
         res.send({
@@ -1413,10 +1410,9 @@ app.post('/api/deletePlaylist', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
 app.post('/api/deleteFile', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
     const uid = req.body.uid;
     const blacklistMode = req.body.blacklistMode;
-    const uuid = req.isAuthenticated() ? req.user.uid : null;
 
     let wasDeleted = false;
-    wasDeleted = await db_api.deleteFile(uid, uuid, blacklistMode);
+    wasDeleted = await db_api.deleteFile(uid, blacklistMode);
     res.send(wasDeleted);
 });
 
@@ -1448,7 +1444,7 @@ app.post('/api/deleteAllFiles', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
 
     for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {    
         let wasDeleted = false;
-        wasDeleted = await db_api.deleteFile(files[i].uid, uuid, blacklistMode);
+        wasDeleted = await db_api.deleteFile(files[i].uid, blacklistMode);
         if (wasDeleted) {
             delete_count++;
         }
diff --git a/backend/db.js b/backend/db.js
index 8249ece..26f0f7e 100644
--- a/backend/db.js
+++ b/backend/db.js
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ exports.calculatePlaylistDuration = async (playlist, playlist_file_objs = null)
     return playlist_file_objs.reduce((a, b) => a + utils.durationStringToNumber(b.duration), 0);
 }
 
-exports.deleteFile = async (uid, uuid = null, blacklistMode = false) => {
-    const file_obj = await exports.getVideo(uid, uuid);
+exports.deleteFile = async (uid, blacklistMode = false) => {
+    const file_obj = await exports.getVideo(uid);
     const type = file_obj.isAudio ? 'audio' : 'video';
     const folderPath = path.dirname(file_obj.path);
     const ext = type === 'audio' ? 'mp3' : 'mp4';
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ exports.deleteFile = async (uid, uuid = null, blacklistMode = false) => {
 
     let useYoutubeDLArchive = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_use_youtubedl_archive');
     if (useYoutubeDLArchive) {
-        const archive_path = utils.getArchiveFolder(type, uuid);
+        const archive_path = utils.getArchiveFolder(type, file_obj.user_uid, file_obj.sub_id ? (await exports.getRecord('subscriptions', {id: file_obj.sub_id})) : null);
 
         // get ID from JSON
 
diff --git a/backend/subscriptions.js b/backend/subscriptions.js
index 45e8071..d89a87c 100644
--- a/backend/subscriptions.js
+++ b/backend/subscriptions.js
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ async function unsubscribe(sub, deleteMode, user_uid = null) {
 }
 
 async function deleteSubscriptionFile(sub, file, deleteForever, file_uid = null, user_uid = null) {
+    if (typeof sub === 'string') {
+        // TODO: fix bad workaround where sub is a sub_id
+        sub = await db_api.getRecord('subscriptions', {sub_id: sub});
+    }
     // TODO: combine this with deletefile
     let basePath = null;
     basePath = user_uid ? path.join(config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_users_base_path'), user_uid, 'subscriptions')
diff --git a/backend/utils.js b/backend/utils.js
index 3301829..b5e460f 100644
--- a/backend/utils.js
+++ b/backend/utils.js
@@ -225,30 +225,24 @@ function deleteJSONFile(file_path, type) {
 async function removeIDFromArchive(archive_path, type, id) {
     const archive_file = path.join(archive_path, `archive_${type}.txt`);
     const data = await fs.readFile(archive_file, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
-    if (!data) {
+    if (data === null || data === undefined) {
         logger.error('Archive could not be found.');
         return;
     }
 
     let dataArray = data.split('\n'); // convert file data in an array
     const searchKeyword = id; // we are looking for a line, contains, key word id in the file
-    let lastIndex = -1; // let say, we have not found the keyword
+    let foundLine = dataArray.find(line => line.includes(searchKeyword));
 
-    for (let index=0; index<dataArray.length; index++) {
-        if (dataArray[index].includes(searchKeyword)) { // check if a line contains the id keyword
-            lastIndex = index; // found a line includes a id keyword
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (lastIndex === -1) return null;
+    dataArray = dataArray.filter(line => !line.includes(searchKeyword));
 
-    const line = dataArray.splice(lastIndex, 1); // remove the keyword id from the data Array
+    if (!foundLine) return null;
+    else foundLine = foundLine.trim();
 
     // UPDATE FILE WITH NEW DATA
     const updatedData = dataArray.join('\n');
     await fs.writeFile(archive_file, updatedData);
-    if (line) return Array.isArray(line) && line.length === 1 ? line[0] : line;
+    if (foundLine) return Array.isArray(foundLine) && foundLine.length === 1 ? foundLine[0] : foundLine;
 }
 
 async function writeToBlacklist(archive_folder, type, line) {
diff --git a/src/api-types/models/DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest.ts b/src/api-types/models/DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest.ts
index 56ac66a..46afd3f 100644
--- a/src/api-types/models/DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest.ts
+++ b/src/api-types/models/DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 /* tslint:disable */
 /* eslint-disable */
 
-import type { SubscriptionRequestData } from './SubscriptionRequestData';
-
 export type DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest = {
-    file: string;
-    file_uid?: string;
-    sub: SubscriptionRequestData;
+    file_uid: string;
     /**
      * If true, does not remove id from archive. Only valid if youtube-dl archive is enabled in settings.
      */
diff --git a/src/app/components/recent-videos/recent-videos.component.ts b/src/app/components/recent-videos/recent-videos.component.ts
index 324d2d8..0d463d8 100644
--- a/src/app/components/recent-videos/recent-videos.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/recent-videos/recent-videos.component.ts
@@ -316,16 +316,14 @@ export class RecentVideosComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   deleteAndRedownload(file: DatabaseFile): void {
-    const sub = this.postsService.getSubscriptionByID(file.sub_id);
-    this.postsService.deleteSubscriptionFile(sub, file.id, false, file.uid).subscribe(() => {
+    this.postsService.deleteSubscriptionFile(file.uid, false).subscribe(() => {
       this.postsService.openSnackBar($localize`Successfully deleted file: ` + file.id);
       this.removeFileCard(file);
     });
   }
 
   deleteForever(file: DatabaseFile): void {
-    const sub = this.postsService.getSubscriptionByID(file.sub_id);
-    this.postsService.deleteSubscriptionFile(sub, file.id, true, file.uid).subscribe(() => {
+    this.postsService.deleteSubscriptionFile(file.uid, true).subscribe(() => {
       this.postsService.openSnackBar($localize`Successfully deleted file: ` + file.id);
       this.removeFileCard(file);
     });
diff --git a/src/app/posts.services.ts b/src/app/posts.services.ts
index c1730c9..3a34612 100644
--- a/src/app/posts.services.ts
+++ b/src/app/posts.services.ts
@@ -552,9 +552,8 @@ export class PostsService implements CanActivate {
         return this.http.post<UnsubscribeResponse>(this.path + 'unsubscribe', body, this.httpOptions)
     }
 
-    deleteSubscriptionFile(sub: SubscriptionRequestData, file: string, deleteForever: boolean, file_uid: string) {
-        const body: DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest = {sub: sub, file: file, deleteForever: deleteForever,
-            file_uid: file_uid};
+    deleteSubscriptionFile(file_uid: string, deleteForever: boolean) {
+        const body: DeleteSubscriptionFileRequest = {file_uid: file_uid, deleteForever: deleteForever};
         return this.http.post<SuccessObject>(this.path + 'deleteSubscriptionFile', body, this.httpOptions)
     }