# Add option to disable "continue watching" **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows, android-tv, plex-web\ **Created:** [May 31, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979 "2023-05-31T07:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/1 "2023-05-31T07:59:14Z")
Server Version#: 1.31.3.6868 Player Version#: all versions I bought the plex pass (lifetime) a long time ago. I want an option where I can disable the “continue viewing” question after 2-3 episodes. I don’t want to have to interact with the plex after every 2-3 episodes watched. Is very annoying. Is this possible or do I ask the impossible? I know about the playlist thing, but I don’t want to spend time creating playlists for each show. What’s the point of having playlists when I have a library anyway, right? Why do I have to duplicate everything just to get rid of the whole “keep watching” thing? And about playlists, if I don’t start with the first episode, it’s the same thing: after 2-3 episodes they ask me if I continue watching. If I starting an episode from the playlist, why doesn’t it go to the end of the playlist without asking me anything else? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/2 "2023-06-06T08:47:35Z")
up up up! ---
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/3 "2023-06-13T07:16:54Z")
up up up! ---
**Author:** ![JaysPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaysplex/32/281767_2.png) [@JaysPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JaysPlex)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/4 "2023-06-13T17:05:34Z")
Server → Library Set to 0, or whatever you think is appropriate ![plex-suddenly-stopped-refreshing-movie-tv-series-gallery-v0-om5cymiogmi91](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/c/0/ac0dc0cca2bed8edc8f11dee7414035100bcc85a.png) Eventually those items will be filtered out of continue watching You can also click the 3 dots on any poster in that row and “remove from continue watching” to jumpstart the process ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/5 "2023-06-13T17:19:56Z")
I don’t think they are talking about the continue watching hub/row on home screen. I think they mean on post play when auto-playing after the two hours when current episodes ends, it will ask if you are still watching. It’s to prevent if someone falls asleep and end up with an entire show playing while they slept. The answer is yes afaik we are going to be giving an option to remove the prompt. But I do not have an ETA on that. ---
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/6 "2023-06-13T18:02:19Z")
You are right. I’m talking about auto-playing which is stoping after a while if the user not interact with the remote/app. I believe that this feature should be up to the user if they want to use it or not. If I feel that is not useful to me, I should be able to disable it. For example, I don’t want my episodes to stop after a while and I don’t want to keep making playlists just to get rid of this problem. I don’t care if I fall asleep while I’m watching movies. A lot of times that’s exactly why I put on a show, to fall asleep while it’s on. On the moment it stops, I most of the time, wake up from sleep just to play the next episode. I like to hear the sound of the movie slowly while I sleep. If you can create an option to disable this feature, everything will be perfect. I don’t think is that hard, to be honest 🙂 Every user has their own tastes and I think it’s good to give them the “freedom” to choose how they want to use the app. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/7 "2023-08-15T09:50:13Z")
Hi BigWheel, Do you have any update on this topic? I mean … did you manage to get an ETA? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/8 "2023-08-15T16:02:15Z")
I’m sorry I do not have any specific update I can share, but things are in the works. ---
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/9 "2023-10-27T09:55:15Z")
Still waiting for this “feature”. I’m tired of hitting “continue” every two hours. ---
**Author:** ![TeknoJunky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/teknojunky/32/165055_2.png) [@TeknoJunky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TeknoJunky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/10 "2023-10-27T11:31:42Z")
read and vote on this feature request, on the actual feature request thread. There is no need to keep bumping this thread, this request has been around for years. As already stated above, ‘things are in the works’, we will hear about it whenever they are ready for us to hear about it, and no sooner. > [@Continuous Autoplay](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuous-autoplay/332504): > > I would like to be able to continuously play a playlist or television show without plex stopping. I find it perplexing that I cannot have plex play in the background without stopping after three episodes. ---
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/11 "2023-10-27T11:52:20Z")
So, you are telling me that thing was raised in 2018 and NO solution until today?! How many years does it take to add a stupid option? They don’t seem to want to add it. And yes, I’ll pick up this thread until the option I want is introduced. ---
**Author:** ![TeknoJunky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/teknojunky/32/165055_2.png) [@TeknoJunky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TeknoJunky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/12 "2023-10-31T15:16:54Z")
> [@Player Experience](https://forums.plex.tv/t/player-experience/857990/): > > We have added a bunch of Player experience features available to Plex Pass subscribers. The account using the playback device must have a Plex Pass or be in a Plex Home where the home admin has a Plex Pass. Some of the setting options marked as “default” were the existing behaviours and what accounts without a Plex Pass will experience if they have access to the feature at all (non-Plex Pass account do not have access to Skip Intro for example so that default will not affect them ) Current P… ---
**Author:** ![ierdnA88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@ierdnA88](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ierdnA88)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/13 "2023-10-31T16:42:16Z")
Finalllyyyyy !!! Thanks for keeping me informed ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-option-to-disable-continue-watching/842979/14 "2024-01-29T16:42:37Z")
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