# Does this folder list appear every time?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-this-folder-list-appear-every-time/912787>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-this-folder-list-appear-every-time/912787 "2025-04-11T15:32:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Papa\_Schlitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@Papa\_Schlitz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Papa_Schlitz)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-this-folder-list-appear-every-time/912787/1 "2025-04-11T15:32:21Z")

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So I’m slowing learning a building my Plex out. When I add a new movie or TV show or music, does this list appear every time? It seems like this will eventually get cumbersome. I thought I could just delete these after I’ve uploaded them but it requires me to add each file every time then. Do I leave these alone?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/3/a/93ae9ac19b69b352915a2fea409be2a6b39ed950.jpeg)

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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:** [April 11, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-this-folder-list-appear-every-time/912787/2 "2025-04-11T15:36:18Z")

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Don’t point a Plex library to each movie individually.  
Just show it to your `Movies` folder.  
Every time you add a movie, it will either find it automatically, or at least after you manually trigger a library scan.  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/plex-media-server/libraries/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/plex-media-server/libraries/)

(Provided you didn’t make a major mistake with naming your media files.)  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/)

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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:** [July 10, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-this-folder-list-appear-every-time/912787/3 "2025-07-10T15:36:40Z")

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