Another 'Ghost Libraries' post

[akaNeil]

Server Version#: 1.43.3.10828
Player Version#: 2026.13.0

Plex for FireTV just updated and as many others have seen on their own, a server that no longer exists appears under Libraries.

There are no server side settings I can find that would seem to address the issue. I do not see the ghost server on any other Plex player I use. Clearing app cache and data does nothing. Strangely, other users under the same account do not have this problem, but it is unreasonable to create another user for myself just to avoid this problem.

When will this be addressed?

I may as well lodge a complaint about this new UI, too. I much prefer the sidebar since I could unpin Live TV, On Demand, and Discover… which I will never use, and which all seem to be permanently parked at the top of my screen now.

[veeejay]

@akaNeil

unpin Live TV, On Demand, and Discover… which I will never use, and which all seem to be permanently parked at the top of my screen now.

Disable all of that in your account settings: https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/settings/online-media-sources

[akaNeil]

@veeejay

Disable all of that in your account settings:

oh jeez, okay thank you I appreciate this insight

[veeejay]

Might need to switch profiles or logout/in for it to refresh and drop them from the view.

Hope someone can help with the ghost library piece, seems to be coming up for a lot of folks!!

[Atomatth]

@akaNeil can you show me a screenshot of these “ghost” libraries? At the bottom of the libraries list should be an All Libraries button that should allow you to un-favorite them. Can you do this?

As you called out in the title here is another thread with a similar issue. I’ve raised this issue internally to get some eyes on it. From that thread I provided some steps to try to resolve this.

@Atomatth

you can try a couple CURL commands to try to resolve this. You’ll need to find your Plex Token and replace the [PLEX_TOKEN] in the commands below.

curl -X DELETE "https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2/user/settings?key=favoriteLibraries&sharedSettings=1?X-Plex-Token=[PLEX_TOKEN]"
curl -X  DELETE "https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2/user/settings?key=otherFavoriteLibraries&sharedSettings=1?X-Plex-Token=[PLEX_TOKEN]"

If you’re comfortable with Python you could also use the python-plexapi library to do the same thing.

from plexapi.myplex import MyPlexAccount

account = MyPlexAccount(token="[PLEX_TOKEN]")
account.query("https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2/user/settings?key=favoriteLibraries&sharedSettings=1", method=account._session.delete)
account.query("https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2/user/settings?key=otherFavoriteLibraries&

[akaNeil]

Hi @Atomatth thank you for taking the time to reply. See attached; the ghosts do not appear under ‘All Libraries’ but strangely it does count 5 of them there and then shows only the two that exist.

I am not sure what CURL commands are but I am sure I can muddle through.

Thanks again.

[guyandhismonkey]

Thank you, I used the Curl cmd and this cleaned up my libraries, this is perfect.

[Ace_in_Space]

Confirming @Atomatth’s internal report with a root cause, in case it helps whoever picks it up.

It’s orphaned favoriteLibraries rows keyed to the dead server’s machineIdentifier:

https://clients.plex.tv/api/v2/user/settings?key=favoriteLibraries&sharedSettings=1

Each row is a self-contained library descriptor (serverId/serverName/title/key/hubKey), so the Android TV client renders the tile without consulting /api/v2/resources. That’s why the server reads as fully deleted from resources, devices.xml and Plex Web while the tiles persist — and why they survive a full app uninstall + reinstall (the list is account-side and syncs back down).

It also explains @akaNeil’s “counts 5 of them but only shows the two that exist”: the count comes from the favorites list, the display from reachable servers.

Fixed mine by pruning those rows and signing the client out/in — no staff purge needed. Note the command needs &X-Plex-Token= (a second ? returns 404), ?key= is mandatory, and a POST body must be {"value": ...}. Prefer a GET→prune→POST over DELETE, which wipes every favorite. Details: Deleted server still shows (empty duplicate libraries) on ONE Android TV / Fire TV client only — abs