Docker container filling docker image

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: Version 4.160.0
I’ve gone through the mapping to try and figure it out and I can’t identify what’s going wrong. I’ve used other Docker containers for Plex but this one seems to cause this issue.

Please keep in mind, I am not an IT expert just a hobbyist.

Name Container Writable Log
Plex-Media-Server 50.6 GB 50.2 GB 12.1 MB
binhex-sonarr 2.82 GB 1.57 GB 26.0 MB
binhex-jellyfin 2.58 GB 160 MB 7.85 MB
binhex-emby 2.52 GB 246 MB 299 kB
binhex-sabnzbd 1.89 GB 148 MB 9.53 MB
binhex-radarr 1.44 GB 177 MB 42.5 MB
binhex-lidarr 1.40 GB 162 MB 38.1 MB
Maintainerr 480 MB 0 B 71.6 MB
bazarr 445 MB 22.7 kB 2.89 MB
tautulli 197 MB 2.66 kB 1.11 MB
Gitea 191 MB 0 B 71.6 MB
Mediastarr 162 MB 972 kB 2.60 MB
plex-auto-languages 78.7 MB 262 kB 39.3 MB
Total size 64.8 GB 52.7 GB 325 MB

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https://support.plex.tv/articles/202529153-why-is-my-plex-media-server-directory-so-large/

3

That’s not a recognizable server version number.

50GB is not alarming.

nice claim key

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Thanks for calling that out, I thought I deleted it before I took a screenshot. I reached out because I am getting errors stating my docker image is getting full but maybe I’ll just start a new docker if the version isn’t recognized and there’s no update.

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4.160.0 is the plex web version number. The actual server version is under the second general heading. If you saw that version number at your local server ip address and not app.plex.tv, you’re on 1.43.3.10828 or newer.

Also, the claim token you used in the compose expires after 4 minutes. The one to be extra careful with is the one in a url or your preferences.xml file.

Did you check the sub folders in the plex application support directory to see how much each folder is using? The metadata can add up, especially with preview thumbnails enabled.

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Database and Config should be outside of docker. Do not store these inside of the docker, they will get lost. I think that is what is happening.

Image is 363MB, and written in the kB. You don’t want much of anything writing within the docker, everything writable should be pushed outside the container to be maintained.

ApexShot-2026-09-04_09-24-22
ApexShot-2026-09-04_09-24-22843×119 27.1 KB

Outside of the docker container is the database/config:

>/plexmedia_BUGS$ du -sh config
30G config