diff --git a/src/queries/tracks.rs b/src/queries/tracks.rs
index bb37cca..25cdae2 100644
--- a/src/queries/tracks.rs
+++ b/src/queries/tracks.rs
@@ -184,6 +184,35 @@ pub async fn delete_by_artist(db: &DatabaseConnection, artist_id: i32) -> DbResu
     Ok(result.rows_affected)
 }
 
+/// Get tracks that have been tagged but have no corresponding wanted_item.
+/// These are files that went through the pipeline but aren't part of any watched content.
+pub async fn get_unwanted(db: &DatabaseConnection) -> DbResult<Vec<Track>> {
+    let all_tagged = Tracks::find()
+        .filter(track::Column::Tagged.eq(true))
+        .all(db)
+        .await?;
+
+    let all_wanted = crate::entities::wanted_item::Entity::find().all(db).await?;
+
+    let wanted_mbids: std::collections::HashSet<&str> = all_wanted
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|w| w.musicbrainz_id.as_deref())
+        .collect();
+
+    let wanted_track_ids: std::collections::HashSet<i32> =
+        all_wanted.iter().filter_map(|w| w.track_id).collect();
+
+    Ok(all_tagged
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|t| {
+            // Not linked by track_id
+            !wanted_track_ids.contains(&t.id)
+            // Not linked by MBID
+            && !t.musicbrainz_id.as_deref().is_some_and(|mbid| wanted_mbids.contains(mbid))
+        })
+        .collect())
+}
+
 /// Delete tracks whose files no longer exist on disk.
 pub async fn delete_orphaned(db: &DatabaseConnection) -> DbResult<u64> {
     let all = Tracks::find().all(db).await?;