diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Scanner/Core/Jellyfin/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner.cs b/ErsatzTV.Scanner/Core/Jellyfin/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner.cs
index 94705a0b1..0b2936e22 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Scanner/Core/Jellyfin/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Scanner/Core/Jellyfin/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using ErsatzTV.Core;
+using ErsatzTV.Core;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Domain;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Errors;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Extensions;
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using ErsatzTV.Core.Interfaces.Repositories;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Jellyfin;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Metadata;
 using ErsatzTV.Scanner.Core.Interfaces;
+using ErsatzTV.Scanner.Core.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace ErsatzTV.Scanner.Core.Jellyfin;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ public class JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner : IJellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanne
             await _mediaSourceRepository.GetJellyfinPathReplacements(library.MediaSourceId);
 
         var processed = 0;
+        var incomingPaths = new List<string>();
         await foreach ((MusicVideo incoming, int totalCount) in _jellyfinApiClient
                            .GetMusicVideoLibraryItems(
                                connectionParameters.Address,
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ public class JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner : IJellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanne
                 return new ScanCanceled();
             }
 
+            incomingPaths.Add(GetLocalPath(pathReplacements, incoming));
+
             Either<BaseError, MediaItemScanResult<MusicVideo>> maybeMusicVideo =
                 await ProcessMusicVideo(library, libraryPath, pathReplacements, incoming, cancellationToken);
 
@@ -114,9 +118,62 @@ public class JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner : IJellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanne
             }
         }
 
+        await TrashMissingMusicVideos(library, libraryPath, incomingPaths, cancellationToken);
+
         return Unit.Default;
     }
 
+    // ersatztv#494: remove music videos (and now-empty artists) that Jellyfin no longer reports.
+    //
+    // Identity is LIBRARY-SCOPED by (LibraryPathId, path): FindMusicVideoPaths and DeleteByPath both filter
+    // LibraryPathId AND join the concrete MusicVideo table, so this can never touch a Movie/Show that shares
+    // the same LibraryPath (a mixed library) — the cross-delete safety is a property of those queries, not of
+    // the media kind. Unlike the MediaServer{Movie,Television,OtherVideo} base scanners, music videos carry no
+    // server ItemId/Etag (there is no JellyfinMusicVideo entity), so we diff on the local path instead of the
+    // server item id, and hard-delete rather than soft-trash (there is no per-item FileNotFound seam here).
+    //
+    // Known limitation: MusicVideoRepository.GetOrAdd dedups a path GLOBALLY (no LibraryPathId predicate), so a
+    // file served by two libraries with overlapping local paths is a single row owned by whichever library
+    // scanned it first. If that owning library later stops reporting the file while another library still
+    // serves it, this sweep removes the shared row. A proper fix needs per-library music-video identity (a
+    // JellyfinMusicVideo etag entity + migration) — the issue's deferred "option 2"; tracked as a follow-up.
+    private async Task TrashMissingMusicVideos(
+        JellyfinLibrary library,
+        LibraryPath libraryPath,
+        List<string> incomingPaths,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var existingPaths = (await _musicVideoRepository.FindMusicVideoPaths(libraryPath)).ToList();
+
+        // #477: refuse the sweep when a successful fetch returned zero items but rows exist locally — an empty
+        // incoming set is indistinguishable from a transient error and would otherwise wipe the whole library.
+        if (!MediaServerReconciliationGuard.ShouldFlagMissing(
+                _logger,
+                library.Name,
+                incomingPaths.Count,
+                existingPaths.Count))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach (string path in existingPaths.Except(incomingPaths))
+        {
+            List<int> musicVideoIds = await _musicVideoRepository.DeleteByPath(libraryPath, path);
+            if (musicVideoIds.Count > 0 &&
+                !await _scannerProxy.RemoveMediaItems(musicVideoIds.ToArray(), cancellationToken))
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Failed to remove media items from scanner process");
+            }
+        }
+
+        List<int> artistIds = await _artistRepository.DeleteEmptyArtists(libraryPath);
+        if (artistIds.Count > 0 &&
+            !await _scannerProxy.RemoveMediaItems(artistIds.ToArray(), cancellationToken))
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Failed to remove empty artists from scanner process");
+        }
+    }
+
     private async Task<Either<BaseError, MediaItemScanResult<MusicVideo>>> ProcessMusicVideo(
         JellyfinLibrary library,
         LibraryPath libraryPath,
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Tests/Integration/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScannerTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Tests/Integration/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScannerTests.cs
index cc6da681e..2cd5d22e2 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Tests/Integration/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScannerTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Tests/Integration/JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScannerTests.cs
@@ -118,6 +118,265 @@ public class JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScannerTests
         folder.LibraryPathId.ShouldBe(libraryPathId);
     }
 
+    // ersatztv#494: a music video removed from Jellyfin must be removed from ErsatzTV on the next scan.
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ScanLibrary_Should_Remove_MusicVideo_Missing_From_Jellyfin()
+    {
+        int id = await SeedLibraryPath("/data/music");
+        JellyfinLibrary library = BuildLibrary(id, "/data/music");
+        var connectionParameters = new JellyfinConnectionParameters("http://jellyfin", "api-key", 1);
+
+        // first scan seeds two music videos
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner seed, _) = BuildScanner(FakeApi(
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/music/artist1/keep.mkv", "Artist 1", "Keep"),
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/music/artist2/gone.mkv", "Artist 2", "Gone")));
+        (await seed.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+        (await MusicVideoPaths(id)).Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        int goneId = await MusicVideoId("/data/music/artist2/gone.mkv");
+
+        // second scan: only "keep" is still present upstream
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner scanner, IScannerProxy scannerProxy) = BuildScanner(FakeApi(
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/music/artist1/keep.mkv", "Artist 1", "Keep")));
+        (await scanner.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        List<string> paths = await MusicVideoPaths(id);
+        paths.ShouldBe(new[] { "/data/music/artist1/keep.mkv" });
+        await scannerProxy.Received().RemoveMediaItems(
+            Arg.Is<int[]>(ids => ids.Contains(goneId)),
+            Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+    }
+
+    // ersatztv#494: an artist left with zero music videos is cleaned up.
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ScanLibrary_Should_Cleanup_Empty_Artist()
+    {
+        int id = await SeedLibraryPath("/data/music");
+        JellyfinLibrary library = BuildLibrary(id, "/data/music");
+        var connectionParameters = new JellyfinConnectionParameters("http://jellyfin", "api-key", 1);
+
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner seed, _) = BuildScanner(FakeApi(
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/music/artist1/keep.mkv", "Artist 1", "Keep"),
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/music/artist2/gone.mkv", "Artist 2", "Gone")));
+        (await seed.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+        (await ArtistTitles(id)).Count.ShouldBe(2);
+
+        // "Artist 2" loses its only music video
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner scanner, _) = BuildScanner(FakeApi(
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/music/artist1/keep.mkv", "Artist 1", "Keep")));
+        (await scanner.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        (await ArtistTitles(id)).ShouldBe(new[] { "Artist 1" });
+    }
+
+    // ersatztv#494 (Done-when 3): the music-video sweep must never delete a Movie or Show that shares the
+    // same LibraryPath — the cross-delete risk is a LibraryPathId property, not a Mixed-library property.
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ScanLibrary_Should_Not_CrossDelete_Movie_Or_Show_Sharing_The_LibraryPath()
+    {
+        int id = await SeedLibraryPath("/data/mixed");
+
+        await using (TvContext seedContext = _db.CreateContext())
+        {
+            seedContext.Add(new Movie { LibraryPathId = id, MovieMetadata = new List<MovieMetadata>() });
+            seedContext.Add(new Show { LibraryPathId = id, ShowMetadata = new List<ShowMetadata>() });
+            await seedContext.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+
+        JellyfinLibrary library = BuildLibrary(id, "/data/mixed");
+        var connectionParameters = new JellyfinConnectionParameters("http://jellyfin", "api-key", 1);
+
+        // seed one music video under the same LibraryPath
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner seed, _) = BuildScanner(FakeApi(
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/mixed/song.mkv", "Artist 1", "Song")));
+        (await seed.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        // next scan drops "song.mkv" and adds "song2.mkv" — the sweep removes song.mkv
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner scanner, _) = BuildScanner(FakeApi(
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/mixed/song2.mkv", "Artist 1", "Song 2")));
+        (await scanner.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        await using TvContext context = _db.CreateContext();
+        (await context.Movies.CountAsync(m => m.LibraryPathId == id)).ShouldBe(1);
+        (await context.Shows.CountAsync(s => s.LibraryPathId == id)).ShouldBe(1);
+        (await MusicVideoPaths(id)).ShouldBe(new[] { "/data/mixed/song2.mkv" });
+    }
+
+    // ersatztv#477 guard: a successful-but-empty fetch must NOT wipe the library. Negative control — if the
+    // sweep were ungated, an empty incoming set would remove every existing music video.
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ScanLibrary_Should_Not_Sweep_When_Jellyfin_Returns_Zero_Items()
+    {
+        int id = await SeedLibraryPath("/data/music");
+        JellyfinLibrary library = BuildLibrary(id, "/data/music");
+        var connectionParameters = new JellyfinConnectionParameters("http://jellyfin", "api-key", 1);
+
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner seed, _) = BuildScanner(FakeApi(
+            () => BuildIncoming("/data/music/artist1/keep.mkv", "Artist 1", "Keep")));
+        (await seed.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        // Jellyfin returns zero items (mid-restore / transient) — the sweep must be skipped
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner scanner, IScannerProxy scannerProxy) = BuildScanner(FakeApi());
+        (await scanner.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        (await MusicVideoPaths(id)).ShouldBe(new[] { "/data/music/artist1/keep.mkv" });
+        await scannerProxy.DidNotReceive().RemoveMediaItems(Arg.Any<int[]>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+    }
+
+    // #493 session field data: a MIXED Jellyfin library runs the music-video arm with a legitimately EMPTY
+    // incoming set on every scan while Movies/Shows exist under the same LibraryPath (the real "Standup" case).
+    // If existing were computed by LibraryPathId alone, existing.Except([]) would wipe the movies/episodes; the
+    // MusicVideo-joined FindMusicVideoPaths (not just the empty-fetch guard) is what protects them. Seed a Movie
+    // that even carries a MediaFile path, to prove the sweep never touches a non-music-video row.
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ScanLibrary_Should_Not_Touch_Movies_Or_Shows_When_No_MusicVideos_Present()
+    {
+        int id = await SeedLibraryPath("/data/standup");
+
+        await using (TvContext seedContext = _db.CreateContext())
+        {
+            seedContext.Add(new Movie
+            {
+                LibraryPathId = id,
+                MovieMetadata = new List<MovieMetadata>(),
+                MediaVersions = new List<MediaVersion>
+                {
+                    new()
+                    {
+                        MediaFiles = new List<MediaFile>
+                        {
+                            new() { Path = "/data/standup/show.mkv", PathHash = "hash-standup" }
+                        },
+                        Streams = new List<MediaStream>()
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            seedContext.Add(new Show { LibraryPathId = id, ShowMetadata = new List<ShowMetadata>() });
+            await seedContext.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+
+        JellyfinLibrary library = BuildLibrary(id, "/data/standup");
+        var connectionParameters = new JellyfinConnectionParameters("http://jellyfin", "api-key", 1);
+
+        // the music-video arm returns zero incoming — steady state for a mixed library
+        (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner scanner, IScannerProxy scannerProxy) = BuildScanner(FakeApi());
+        (await scanner.ScanLibrary(connectionParameters, library, deepScan: false, CancellationToken.None))
+            .IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        await using TvContext context = _db.CreateContext();
+        (await context.Movies.CountAsync(m => m.LibraryPathId == id)).ShouldBe(1);
+        (await context.Shows.CountAsync(s => s.LibraryPathId == id)).ShouldBe(1);
+        await scannerProxy.DidNotReceive().RemoveMediaItems(Arg.Any<int[]>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+    }
+
+    private async Task<int> MusicVideoId(string path)
+    {
+        await using TvContext context = _db.CreateContext();
+        List<MusicVideo> musicVideos = await context.MusicVideos
+            .Include(mv => mv.MediaVersions)
+            .ThenInclude(v => v.MediaFiles)
+            .ToListAsync();
+        return musicVideos
+            .Single(mv => mv.MediaVersions.Single().MediaFiles.Single().Path == path)
+            .Id;
+    }
+
+    private async Task<List<string>> MusicVideoPaths(int libraryPathId)
+    {
+        await using TvContext context = _db.CreateContext();
+        List<MusicVideo> musicVideos = await context.MusicVideos
+            .Include(mv => mv.MediaVersions)
+            .ThenInclude(v => v.MediaFiles)
+            .Where(mv => mv.LibraryPathId == libraryPathId)
+            .ToListAsync();
+        return musicVideos
+            .Select(mv => mv.MediaVersions.Single().MediaFiles.Single().Path)
+            .OrderBy(p => p)
+            .ToList();
+    }
+
+    private async Task<List<string>> ArtistTitles(int libraryPathId)
+    {
+        await using TvContext context = _db.CreateContext();
+        List<Artist> artists = await context.Artists
+            .Include(a => a.ArtistMetadata)
+            .Where(a => a.LibraryPathId == libraryPathId)
+            .ToListAsync();
+        return artists.Select(a => a.ArtistMetadata.Single().Title).OrderBy(t => t).ToList();
+    }
+
+    private (JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner Scanner, IScannerProxy ScannerProxy) BuildScanner(
+        IJellyfinApiClient apiClient)
+    {
+        var pathReplacement = Substitute.For<IJellyfinPathReplacementService>();
+        pathReplacement
+            .GetReplacementJellyfinPath(Arg.Any<List<JellyfinPathReplacement>>(), Arg.Any<string>(), Arg.Any<bool>())
+            .Returns(ci => ci.ArgAt<string>(1));
+
+        var mediaSourceRepository = Substitute.For<IMediaSourceRepository>();
+        mediaSourceRepository.GetJellyfinPathReplacements(Arg.Any<int>())
+            .Returns(Task.FromResult(new List<JellyfinPathReplacement>()));
+
+        var scannerProxy = Substitute.For<IScannerProxy>();
+        scannerProxy.UpdateProgress(Arg.Any<decimal>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()).Returns(true);
+        scannerProxy.ReindexMediaItems(Arg.Any<int[]>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()).Returns(true);
+        scannerProxy.RemoveMediaItems(Arg.Any<int[]>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()).Returns(true);
+
+        var scanner = new JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner(
+            scannerProxy,
+            apiClient,
+            pathReplacement,
+            mediaSourceRepository,
+            new ArtistRepository(_db.Factory),
+            new MusicVideoRepository(_db.Factory),
+            new LibraryRepository(Substitute.For<IFileSystem>(), _db.Factory),
+            Substitute.For<IMetadataRepository>(),
+            NullLogger<JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner>.Instance);
+
+        return (scanner, scannerProxy);
+    }
+
+    // Each Func builds a fresh MusicVideo so the async stream can be re-enumerated across ScanLibrary calls
+    // (an IAsyncEnumerable iterator is single-use, and the scanner mutates the incoming item).
+    private static IJellyfinApiClient FakeApi(params Func<MusicVideo>[] items)
+    {
+        var apiClient = Substitute.For<IJellyfinApiClient>();
+        apiClient.GetMusicVideoLibraryItems(Arg.Any<string>(), Arg.Any<string>(), Arg.Any<JellyfinLibrary>())
+            .Returns(_ => Items(items));
+        return apiClient;
+    }
+
+    private static async IAsyncEnumerable<Tuple<MusicVideo, int>> Items(Func<MusicVideo>[] items)
+    {
+        foreach (Func<MusicVideo> item in items)
+        {
+            yield return new Tuple<MusicVideo, int>(item(), items.Length);
+        }
+
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    private static JellyfinLibrary BuildLibrary(int libraryPathId, string path)
+    {
+        var libraryPath = new LibraryPath { Id = libraryPathId, Path = path, LibraryFolders = null };
+        return new JellyfinLibrary
+        {
+            Id = 42,
+            MediaSourceId = 1,
+            ItemId = "lib15",
+            Name = "Music",
+            ShouldSyncItems = true,
+            Paths = new List<LibraryPath> { libraryPath }
+        };
+    }
+
     private static MusicVideo BuildIncoming(string path, string artistName, string title) =>
         new()
         {
diff --git a/docs/decisions.md b/docs/decisions.md
index 9caa80296..e89069f2c 100644
--- a/docs/decisions.md
+++ b/docs/decisions.md
@@ -2253,3 +2253,40 @@ remote scanner tripped it, and the feature had never run in prod, CI, or locally
   watching both tests fail with the issue's `ArgumentNullException('source')`. Note: `CleanEtagsForLibraryPath`
   still reads `libraryPath.LibraryFolders` directly, but it is only reached on the local (eager-loaded) path, so
   it is not affected; left as-is (out of #488 scope).
+
+## 2026-07-20 — `JellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner` reconciles by library-scoped path diff + hard delete, not server itemId soft-trash (#494)
+
+The Jellyfin music-video scanner did add/update only — a music video removed on the Jellyfin side lingered in
+ErsatzTV forever and could still be scheduled. It now runs a trash sweep at the end of `ScanLibrary`
+(`TrashMissingMusicVideos`), mirroring the `MediaServer{Movie,Television,OtherVideo}LibraryScanner` "gone
+upstream ⇒ remove" pattern but with a deliberately different identity function, because music videos lack the
+media-server identity those base scanners rely on.
+
+- **Identity is (LibraryPathId, path), not server itemId.** The base scanners diff `GetExisting*` (keyed by
+  `MediaServerItemId`) against the incoming server item ids, then soft-trash via `FlagFileNotFound`. Music videos
+  have **no `JellyfinMusicVideo` entity and no `ItemId`/`Etag`** — the scanner is a standalone
+  `IJellyfinMusicVideoLibraryScanner` that injects the *local* `IMusicVideoRepository`, which offers no
+  itemId-keyed existing-set or flag seam. So the sweep diffs the **local path** set instead: existing =
+  `FindMusicVideoPaths(libraryPath)` `.Except` the incoming items' replaced local paths, then hard-deletes the
+  remainder with `DeleteByPath` + `IScannerProxy.RemoveMediaItems`, and cleans now-empty artists with
+  `IArtistRepository.DeleteEmptyArtists`. Hard delete (not soft `FileNotFound` trash) because there is no
+  per-item FileNotFound seam on this path and the issue's Done-when is "removed".
+- **Cross-kind safety is a property of the queries, not the media kind.** `MediaItem` is TPT with `LibraryPathId`
+  on the abstract base, so a Movie, Show and MusicVideo can share one `LibraryPath` (a mixed Jellyfin library).
+  Both `FindMusicVideoPaths` and `DeleteByPath` filter `LibraryPathId` **and** join the concrete `MusicVideo`
+  table, so the sweep can only ever see/delete music videos — a Movie/Show under the same `LibraryPath` is
+  invisible to it. Pinned by `ScanLibrary_Should_Not_CrossDelete_Movie_Or_Show_Sharing_The_LibraryPath`.
+- **Reuses the #477 empty-fetch guard.** The sweep is gated by `MediaServerReconciliationGuard.ShouldFlagMissing`
+  — a successful fetch that returns zero items (server mid-restore / transient) is indistinguishable from a real
+  emptying, so the whole-library wipe is refused and logged. Pinned as a negative control by
+  `ScanLibrary_Should_Not_Sweep_When_Jellyfin_Returns_Zero_Items` (removing the guard flips it red).
+- **Known limitation (deferred to per-library identity).** `MusicVideoRepository.GetOrAdd` dedups a path
+  **globally** (no `LibraryPathId` predicate), so a file served by two libraries with overlapping local paths is
+  a single row owned by whichever library scanned it first. If that owner later stops reporting the file while
+  another library still serves it, this sweep removes the shared row. A proper fix needs per-library music-video
+  identity (a `JellyfinMusicVideo` etag entity + migration) — the issue's "option 2 / fold into the base
+  scanner" refactor — tracked as #496.
+- **Tests.** Integration tests (real `ArtistRepository`/`MusicVideoRepository`/`LibraryRepository` over in-memory
+  SQLite, extending the #488 harness) pin removal, empty-artist cleanup, cross-kind safety, and the empty-fetch
+  guard. Proven non-vacuous: all four fail against the pre-fix scanner except the guard control, which only
+  earns its keep once the sweep exists.