# Duplicates

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2018, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016 "2018-07-23T07:10:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bluezphere_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016/1 "2018-07-23T07:10:16Z")

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Hi I found at least 60 duplicate files being reported on the server, however on checking my folders there are no duplicates, but when I look at the files on the Plex server each one says 1 is unavailable. How can I get rid of these duplicates that don’t actually exist. I have read the article on finding and merging but I don’t seem to be able to find the setting to do that.

Regards

Lee

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**Author:** ![Elijah\_Baley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elijah_baley/32/10336_2.png) [@Elijah\_Baley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Elijah_Baley)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016/2 "2018-07-23T08:08:03Z")

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“Empty Trash” does it for me,

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**Author:** ![Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bluezphere_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016/3 "2018-07-24T05:15:17Z")

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Didn’t help, in fact now I have even more duplicates. Started with 60 now have 78 after emptying the trash. However I don’t have these duplicate files on my hard drive. So I have no idea of why Plex has duplicated so many files.

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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:** [July 24, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016/5 "2018-07-24T13:37:47Z")

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Take a closer look at the [Plex media info](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201998867-Investigate-Media-Information-and-Formats "Plex media info") of such an item.  
Are there 2 absolutely identical folders and file names listed or are they different in some way?

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**Author:** ![Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bluezphere_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016/6 "2018-07-24T13:41:16Z")

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Thank you I finally worked it out, apparently I had linked the same folder twice.

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**Author:** ![Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bluezphere\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bluezphere_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016/7 "2018-07-24T22:11:43Z")

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Hi Otto, it’s not an issue now, when I discovered I had linked the folder twice, I unlinked one and all the duplicates are now gone. 👍

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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:** [October 22, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates/287016/8 "2018-10-22T22:11:47Z")

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