# Database lost

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 6, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472 "2018-01-06T03:00:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Stryker412](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Stryker412](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Stryker412)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472/1 "2018-01-06T03:00:47Z")

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I watched a movie last night without issues. Today I went to watch a movie and my collections were empty. I had to rescan my folders which recreated my database. Any reason why this would delete itself?

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**Author:** ![per\_PLEX\_ed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/per_plex_ed/32/10319_2.png) [@per\_PLEX\_ed](https://forums.plex.tv/u/per_PLEX_ed)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472/2 "2018-01-06T16:03:11Z")

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Maybe you lost the mount temporarily? Make sure you disable auto remove content in the settings… it’s a lifesaver.

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**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472/3 "2018-01-06T16:25:33Z")

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> @per_PLEX_ed said:  
> Maybe you lost the mount temporarily? Make sure you disable auto remove content in the settings… it’s a lifesaver.

Yes it is…  
 ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/0/f/0f959b7de558495936cb91bc87d4b67169a1da24.png)

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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:** [January 6, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472/4 "2018-01-06T16:26:15Z")

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> @per_PLEX_ed said:  
> Maybe you lost the mount temporarily? Make sure you disable auto remove content in the settings… it’s a lifesaver.

^^^ this.  
Settings -Server - Library - ''Empty trash automatically after every scan  
**never** activate this if your media storage is not internal, not local or in a JBOD

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**Author:** ![Stryker412](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Stryker412](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Stryker412)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472/5 "2018-01-06T23:21:50Z")

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I turned off the trash option. Thank you. I’ve had Plex for 3 years now with my media files on my NAS, and never had this issue before.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-lost/220472/6 "2020-01-08T00:24:32Z")

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