# Cannot add folder to library

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-folder-to-library/941006>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [July 25, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-folder-to-library/941006 "2026-07-25T08:24:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![polobnj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@polobnj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/polobnj)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-folder-to-library/941006/1 "2026-07-25T08:24:09Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to add a folder to my library, and I cannot do it. Can you help me ?

It is probably due to an access right problem, but I am not sure what I should change.

So, from the home screen, I click on “More” :

 ![i1-more](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/4/3/a43d92bca4dd6d1854115f915c1c849080fc67cc.png)

Then, I click on the three dots next to “Movies”, then on “Manage library” and then on “Edit” :

 ![i2-edit](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/a/d/cad0f3f8200fb2f575027158a87eac93499a0af5.jpeg)

Then I click on “Add folders” and then on “Browse For Media Folder”.

But then, my folder does not appear in the list. You can see on the image below, no folder is shown between “opt” and “proc” :

 ![i3-add-folder](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/7/3/973ce1422b2260642867a9311ce40bd8809760b4.png)

But if I type `ls -lh /` in the terminal, the folder that I am looking for exists (it is the folder called `plexlib`) :

 ![i4-rights](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/2/7/c27ab33018307608f611c8d6ee3b2198658af89c.png)

Can you please explain to me what I should dot ?

Thank you very much !

Server Version#: 1.43.3.10828  
Player Version#: 4.160.0

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-add-folder-to-library/941006/2 "2026-07-25T14:43:12Z")

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Plex server is not running as “you”..  
It has its own user account.  
So, if you can see and access a folder in terminal doesn’t mean that plex can do as well.

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288596-linux-permissions-guide/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288596-linux-permissions-guide/)

[https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/10](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/10)