Does Plex scan the whole hard drive even if you choose a specific folder?

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I Posted this question in the wrong section so I am sking here.
Let me just start by saying that I started using Plex a couple of months ago, so the external hard drive that I use to store my movies was orginized in seperate folders by movie genre.
Now I just want to add 2 or 3 new movies to my “movie Library”, for this I have a specific folder that I call “New Movies”.
Here is what I do, I go to movie library on plex and choose edit, then I choose add folders, then I choose the hard drive in my computer where I store all the movies, which in this case is drive H, then I choose movies on that drive and then I choose the “new movies” folder where I store the new releases and press ADD, then I hit save changes, as soon as I hit save changes, plex scans all folders in the hard drive, not just the chosen folder.

Will Plex always scan the whole drive even when I choose a specific folder?

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  1. You didn’t place it in the wrong section, but you did repeat the question here.
  2. This thread is a duplicate of https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/316093/can-i-choose-to-scan-a-specific-folder-from-a-drive-with-plex#latest
  3. Closing this thread.