# Help - re-IP has lost my watched data **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [June 14, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422 "2023-06-14T16:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steveh2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@steveh2001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/steveh2001)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422/1 "2023-06-14T16:55:29Z")
Long story but my router died, got a replacement to find it wouldn’t support the 10.0.0.0/8 subnet for private IPs. So I had to rush in a re-ip. My Plex libraries are UNC paths to a NAS. Perhaps brashly I thought I’d just edit the path to the new IP. Now it’s rescanning everything and it’s lost all my watched data 😩 Is there any way to recover it or is that it? Thank you for any help ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422/2 "2023-06-14T17:03:53Z")
1. disable automatic and periodic library updates 2. disable “Empty trash automatically after every scan” 3. restore an older version of the database [https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/) 4. edit the database directly and replace the old NAS IP with the new one: [[HowTo] Plex database modification - Moving media the right/wrong way - #10 by jelwell](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-plex-database-modification-moving-media-the-right-wrong-way/126701/10) ---
**Author:** ![steveh2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@steveh2001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/steveh2001)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422/3 "2023-06-14T17:20:45Z")
Thanks I’ll try it out ---
**Author:** ![steveh2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@steveh2001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/steveh2001)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422/4 "2023-06-14T17:21:30Z")
Do I re-enable points 1 and 2 after? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422/5 "2023-06-14T17:22:57Z")
Once the conversion is done, you can do as you please. Although you should avoid enabling both library update options at the same time. And you should never enable 2) if your media files are not stored inside the server machine itself. ---
**Author:** ![steveh2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@steveh2001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/steveh2001)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422/7 "2023-06-15T06:02:46Z")
Thank goodness for the auto backup - there where three monthly ones there so I managed to restore from a backup in May, much better than loosing years of watch history! Then I just edited the DB in sql lite to tweak the paths and everything was Ok. Thank you again ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-re-ip-has-lost-my-watched-data/844422/8 "2023-09-13T06:02:58Z")
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