# How to delete an unused server
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859
**Category:** General Discussions
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [November 7, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859 "2019-11-07T10:09:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@scellato](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scellato)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/1 "2019-11-07T10:09:10Z")
I have a old server (Roy’s Media Server) that I once used and now I would like to remove it completely from my Plex Media Server. I do not see any settings to the right of the media server name where I can normally delete it. Is there a way I can go into windows where the Plex data is stored at in order to delete it? Please help.
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### Author:  [@bjs59](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bjs59)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/2 "2019-11-07T10:51:10Z")
Have you looked under Authorized Devices tab and deleted it there???
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/3 "2019-11-07T11:12:41Z")
[https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/settings/devices/pms](https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/settings/devices/pms)
Do **only** delete old, unused servers from there.
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### Author:  [@scellato](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scellato)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/4 "2019-11-08T16:49:22Z")
is the the same area that the Authorized Devices are listed? I have deleted the ones that I no longer wont to appear but they still appear. Is there any additional areas where they may ber stored?
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/5 "2019-11-08T16:55:03Z")
Do you have several Windows user accounts on the machines you are using?
It appears to me, that as soon as you log in to one of the other user accounts, a different Plex Server is starting.
You need to make sure that Plex server is only starting under **one** of these user accounts.
Log in to each Windows user account (including those you are only using for system maintenance)
then check the task tray area for the plex icon.
Right-click on it and disable ‘Start Plex Media Server at login’ everywhere, except your main user account.
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### Author:  [@scellato](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scellato)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/6 "2019-11-08T16:55:43Z")
I would like to delete Iphone, Plex, Web Shows, Podcasts and I have two Media Server’s listing and only want one.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/7 "2019-11-08T16:57:06Z")
See my message above for your servers.
As for the Online Media Sources: those you need to disable in your plex account: [https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/settings/online-media-sources](https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/settings/online-media-sources)
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### Author:  [@bjs59](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bjs59)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/8 "2019-11-08T17:01:17Z")
Yes, this is the same place @OttoKerner is telling you about… Follow what he is telling you…
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### Author:  [@scellato](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scellato)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/9 "2019-11-08T17:05:39Z")
So if I am running three separate Plex accounts all on the same network and they all are showing the same media just because I delete one of the media off one of the servers it will automatically appear on another because of the redundency??
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/10 "2019-11-08T17:08:11Z")
I am not talking about _Plex accounts_.
I am talking about different Plex server instances, which are all running under a certain _Windows user account_. If you are using several Windows user accounts and you don’t prevent plex server from starting in all-but-one of these, you will continue to have the problem with “phantom servers” appearing.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-delete-an-unused-server/486859/11 "2020-02-06T17:30:08Z")
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