# Channels Option Missing
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [February 2, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945 "2018-02-02T13:36:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@bobdempsey83](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bobdempsey83)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/1 "2018-02-02T13:36:50Z")
Hey everyone. I’m missing the channels option from home \>\> left sidebar & also settings. I do see an option for channels within news, but I thought there was a more general channels option?
Any assistance appreciated. Thanks! 😄
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/2 "2018-02-02T13:45:03Z")
Which Plex app?
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### Author:  [@bobdempsey83](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bobdempsey83)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/3 "2018-02-02T16:58:47Z")
I’m not seeing them on both plex web & the firestick.
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### Author:  [@AmazingRando24](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AmazingRando24)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/4 "2018-02-02T17:04:28Z")
“Channels” is the new name for the former category named “Plugins.” The transition hasn’t yet made it to all of the clients.
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### Author:  [@bobdempsey83](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bobdempsey83)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/5 "2018-02-02T17:12:08Z")
I see that I have channels available under my regular server, but when I switch to my plex cloud (google drive), it doesn’t show up. I assume I’ll just keep both servers running to access the channels on the physical one? Or is there a way to have channels on the cloud server option?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@AmazingRando24](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AmazingRando24)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/6 "2018-02-02T17:19:10Z")
The Channels and Plugin categories are one in the same. Just named differently depending on which window you’re looking through.
Honestly, I don’t know if Channels/Plugins are available in Plex Cloud. I would think possibly not, since sometimes it requires back end access to install some of them.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/7 "2018-02-02T17:34:45Z")
> @AmazingRando24 said:
> “Channels” is the new name for the former category named “Plugins.” The transition hasn’t yet made it to all of the clients.
The other way around.
Channels was changed to Plugins, so it is not mixed up with Live TV.
> Honestly, I don’t know if Channels/Plugins are available in Plex Cloud. I would think possibly not, since sometimes it requires back end access to install some of them.
No, Cloud doesn’t support Plugins.
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### Author:  [@bobdempsey83](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bobdempsey83)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/8 "2018-02-02T17:49:50Z")
Thanks for the replies @OttoKerner && @AmazingRando24
Much appreciated!
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### Author:  [@AmazingRando24](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AmazingRando24)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/9 "2018-02-02T18:31:02Z")
> @OttoKerner said:
> The other way around.
> Channels was changed to Plugins, so it is not mixed up with Live TV.
I wondered about that… Knew I had a 50/50 shot at getting it right.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/channels-option-missing/223945/10 "2020-01-08T00:33:15Z")