diff --git a/src/components/player/internals/ProgressSaver.tsx b/src/components/player/internals/ProgressSaver.tsx
index 59edefa5..bac294eb 100644
--- a/src/components/player/internals/ProgressSaver.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/internals/ProgressSaver.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,62 @@ import { playerStatus } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 import { ProgressItem, useProgressStore } from "@/stores/progress";
 
+function progressIsNotStarted(duration: number, watched: number): boolean {
+  // too short watch time
+  if (watched < 20) return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+function progressIsCompleted(duration: number, watched: number): boolean {
+  const timeFromEnd = duration - watched;
+  // too close to the end, is completed
+  if (timeFromEnd < 60 * 2) return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+function shouldSaveProgress(
+  meta: any,
+  progress: ProgressItem,
+  existingItems: Record<string, any>,
+): boolean {
+  const { duration, watched } = progress;
+
+  // Check if progress is acceptable
+  const isNotStarted = progressIsNotStarted(duration, watched);
+  const isCompleted = progressIsCompleted(duration, watched);
+  const isAcceptable = !isNotStarted && !isCompleted;
+
+  // For movies, only save if acceptable
+  if (meta.type === "movie") {
+    return isAcceptable;
+  }
+
+  // For shows, save if acceptable OR if season has other watched episodes
+  if (isAcceptable) return true;
+
+  // Check if this season has other episodes with progress
+  const showItem = existingItems[meta.tmdbId];
+  if (!showItem || !meta.season) return false;
+
+  const seasonEpisodes = Object.values(showItem.episodes).filter(
+    (episode: any) => episode.seasonId === meta.season.tmdbId,
+  );
+
+  // Check if any other episode in this season has acceptable progress
+  return seasonEpisodes.some((episode: any) => {
+    const epProgress = episode.progress;
+    return (
+      !progressIsNotStarted(epProgress.duration, epProgress.watched) &&
+      !progressIsCompleted(epProgress.duration, epProgress.watched)
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 export function ProgressSaver() {
   const meta = usePlayerStore((s) => s.meta);
   const progress = usePlayerStore((s) => s.progress);
   const updateItem = useProgressStore((s) => s.updateItem);
+  const progressItems = useProgressStore((s) => s.items);
   const status = usePlayerStore((s) => s.status);
   const hasPlayedOnce = usePlayerStore((s) => s.mediaPlaying.hasPlayedOnce);
 
@@ -16,6 +68,7 @@ export function ProgressSaver() {
 
   const dataRef = useRef({
     updateItem,
+    progressItems,
     meta,
     progress,
     status,
@@ -23,11 +76,12 @@ export function ProgressSaver() {
   });
   useEffect(() => {
     dataRef.current.updateItem = updateItem;
+    dataRef.current.progressItems = progressItems;
     dataRef.current.meta = meta;
     dataRef.current.progress = progress;
     dataRef.current.status = status;
     dataRef.current.hasPlayedOnce = hasPlayedOnce;
-  }, [updateItem, progress, meta, status, hasPlayedOnce]);
+  }, [updateItem, progressItems, progress, meta, status, hasPlayedOnce]);
 
   useInterval(() => {
     const d = dataRef.current;
@@ -47,7 +101,10 @@ export function ProgressSaver() {
       duration: progress.duration,
       watched: progress.time,
     };
-    if (isDifferent)
+    if (
+      isDifferent &&
+      shouldSaveProgress(d.meta, lastSavedRef.current, d.progressItems)
+    )
       d.updateItem({
         meta: d.meta,
         progress: lastSavedRef.current,
diff --git a/src/pages/admin/AdminPage.tsx b/src/pages/admin/AdminPage.tsx
index eaa9dfac..389c3029 100644
--- a/src/pages/admin/AdminPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/admin/AdminPage.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { WorkerTestPart } from "@/pages/parts/admin/WorkerTestPart";
 
 import { BackendTestPart } from "../parts/admin/BackendTestPart";
 import { EmbedOrderPart } from "../parts/admin/EmbedOrderPart";
+import { ProgressCleanupPart } from "../parts/admin/ProgressCleanupPart";
 
 export function AdminPage() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export function AdminPage() {
           disabledEmbeds={embedOrderState.disabledEmbeds}
           setDisabledEmbeds={embedOrderState.setDisabledEmbeds}
         />
+        <ProgressCleanupPart />
       </ThinContainer>
 
       <Transition
diff --git a/src/pages/parts/admin/ProgressCleanupPart.tsx b/src/pages/parts/admin/ProgressCleanupPart.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5eacbbff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/parts/admin/ProgressCleanupPart.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import { ofetch } from "ofetch";
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { useAsyncFn } from "react-use";
+
+import { getAuthHeaders } from "@/backend/accounts/auth";
+import { Button } from "@/components/buttons/Button";
+import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+import { Box } from "@/components/layout/Box";
+import { Heading2 } from "@/components/utils/Text";
+import { useBackendUrl } from "@/hooks/auth/useBackendUrl";
+import { AccountWithToken, useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
+
+interface CleanupResponse {
+  deletedCount: number;
+  message: string;
+}
+
+async function cleanupProgressItems(
+  backendUrl: string,
+  account: AccountWithToken,
+) {
+  return ofetch<CleanupResponse>(`/users/${account.userId}/progress/cleanup`, {
+    method: "DELETE",
+    headers: getAuthHeaders(account.token),
+    baseURL: backendUrl,
+  });
+}
+
+export function ProgressCleanupPart() {
+  const backendUrl = useBackendUrl();
+  const account = useAuthStore((s) => s.account);
+
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<{
+    hasRun: boolean;
+    success: boolean;
+    errorText: string;
+    result: CleanupResponse | null;
+  }>({
+    hasRun: false,
+    success: false,
+    errorText: "",
+    result: null,
+  });
+
+  const [cleanupState, runCleanup] = useAsyncFn(async () => {
+    setStatus({
+      hasRun: false,
+      success: false,
+      errorText: "",
+      result: null,
+    });
+
+    if (!backendUrl || !account) {
+      return setStatus({
+        hasRun: true,
+        success: false,
+        errorText: "Backend URL or account not available",
+        result: null,
+      });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const result = await cleanupProgressItems(backendUrl, account);
+      return setStatus({
+        hasRun: true,
+        success: true,
+        errorText: "",
+        result,
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Progress cleanup failed:", err);
+      return setStatus({
+        hasRun: true,
+        success: false,
+        errorText:
+          "Failed to clean up progress items. Check console for details.",
+        result: null,
+      });
+    }
+  }, [backendUrl, account]);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Heading2>Progress Cleanup</Heading2>
+      <Box>
+        <div className="w-full flex gap-6 justify-between items-center">
+          {!status.hasRun ? (
+            <p>Remove unwanted progress items from the database</p>
+          ) : status.success ? (
+            <p className="flex items-center text-md">
+              <Icon
+                icon={Icons.CIRCLE_CHECK}
+                className="text-video-scraping-success mr-2"
+              />
+              Cleanup completed
+            </p>
+          ) : (
+            <div>
+              <p className="text-white font-bold w-full mb-3 flex items-center gap-1">
+                <Icon
+                  icon={Icons.CIRCLE_EXCLAMATION}
+                  className="text-video-scraping-error mr-2"
+                />
+                Cleanup failed
+              </p>
+              <p>{status.errorText}</p>
+            </div>
+          )}
+          <Button
+            theme="danger"
+            loading={cleanupState.loading}
+            className="whitespace-nowrap"
+            onClick={runCleanup}
+            disabled={cleanupState.loading}
+          >
+            Clean Up Progress
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+      </Box>
+    </>
+  );
+}