# Definite article in title sorting

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/definite-article-in-title-sorting/776731>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** library-management\
**Created:** [February 16, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/definite-article-in-title-sorting/776731 "2022-02-16T16:03:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![roughnecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@roughnecks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/roughnecks)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/definite-article-in-title-sorting/776731/1 "2022-02-16T16:03:11Z")

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Hello,  
is there a way to make it so that definite article (“the”) is not ignored when sorting items by title?

e.g. If I have a movie named “The Father”, when sorting by title, Plex puts this item at letter “F”, instead of “T”: I’d like to change that.

Thanks

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**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:** [February 16, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/definite-article-in-title-sorting/776731/2 "2022-02-16T16:13:19Z")

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You can do that using an advanced setting (`ArticleStrings`). This option specifies all the articles Plex is going to ignore… so clearing the value will result in no articles being ignored.

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/)

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Keep in mind this will only apply to future additions. If you want to apply the change to existing items, you’ll need to refresh their metadata.

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**Author:** ![roughnecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@roughnecks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/roughnecks)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/definite-article-in-title-sorting/776731/3 "2022-02-16T16:50:40Z")

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Done that and working! Thank you 🙂

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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:** [May 17, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/definite-article-in-title-sorting/776731/4 "2022-05-17T16:50:49Z")

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