# How do i stop a runaway scan **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-scan/864898 "2024-01-02T22:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![imwa8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@imwa8](https://forums.plex.tv/u/imwa8)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-scan/864898/1 "2024-01-02T22:00:56Z")
Hello, Plex will not stop saying Scanning Pictures. I go to pictures, click stop scan and it just keeps on going. it says it stopped but a few minutes later it says its scanning again. this has been going on for a week. it just chews up CPU. ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-scan/864898/3 "2024-01-04T02:27:11Z")
Can you get the [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) after stopping the scan and it starting back up on its own. ---
**Author:** ![imwa8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@imwa8](https://forums.plex.tv/u/imwa8)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-scan/864898/4 "2024-01-04T03:05:46Z")
Got fed up and deleted everything and recreated it. . its back to normal but hopefully there is a fix to kill runaway process implemented soon, just in case it happens again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-scan/864898/5 "2024-04-03T03:06:19Z")
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