# Automatically save artwork to local file system **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [August 17, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatically-save-artwork-to-local-file-system/804837 "2022-08-17T16:19:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mowee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mowee/32/201468_2.png) [@Mowee](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mowee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatically-save-artwork-to-local-file-system/804837/1 "2022-08-17T16:19:10Z")
Currently the only way to prevent Plex from automatically changing artwork is to keep the files local. However, it is a very tedious and time-consuming process to store files locally. It would be easier if you had an option to have Plex automatically store the files locally. Any changes made via the GUI could then cause local files to be overwritten. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatically-save-artwork-to-local-file-system/804837/2 "2022-08-17T20:29:32Z")
There’s an existing feature suggestion discussing an option to backup/store selected posters / backdrops etc. alongside your media. I suggest you comment/vote in that thread in order to avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. > [@Backup posters and artwork](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backup-posters-and-artwork/281432): > > Most Plex users, I think, choose the poster and artwork that is displayed. Sometimes that means finding correct images and uploading the file or URL. I would like the ability, on a library basis, to have Plex take the file that has been designated and place that in the appropriate folder and anmed so that Plex will find it as the image. I have curated my images for many years and would like to not have to do that again, if I lost my server or had to reinstall. If the files are there in the f… # Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![Mowee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mowee/32/201468_2.png) [@Mowee](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mowee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatically-save-artwork-to-local-file-system/804837/3 "2022-08-17T21:05:59Z")
Please close this one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatically-save-artwork-to-local-file-system/804837/4 "2022-08-17T21:06:15Z")
2022 clean-up: duplicate