# How to find missing media files

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**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [June 1, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-find-missing-media-files/843143 "2023-06-01T21:28:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-find-missing-media-files/843143/2 "2023-06-01T21:39:15Z")

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Everyone seems to refer people to this 3rd-party tool for this question. I haven’t tried it myself, but it seems to be the tool for the job:

> [@WebTools-NG](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webtools-ng/598539):
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