# How to recreate all metadata wrongly created by Plex

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-recreate-all-metadata-wrongly-created-by-plex/758393 "2021-11-17T18:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtsig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dtsig](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dtsig)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-recreate-all-metadata-wrongly-created-by-plex/758393/1 "2021-11-17T18:19:15Z")

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Server Version#:newest  
Player Version#:4.70  
I put a new movie in the library with the correct name and date. But Plex for some reason found a french version of the film (completely different name, directors etc) and used that for the metadata. How do i get the metadata for the correct film?

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**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-recreate-all-metadata-wrongly-created-by-plex/758393/2 "2021-11-17T18:21:45Z")

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You’re looking for Fix Match.

> **[Fix Match / Match | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201018497-fix-match-match/)**
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> Matching content is typically quite accurate if you follow our recommendations for naming and organizing your media files. Even so,...

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**Author:** ![dtsig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dtsig](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dtsig)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-recreate-all-metadata-wrongly-created-by-plex/758393/3 "2021-11-17T18:27:19Z")

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thank you for the very fast reply … there is so much to learn about Plex. Your answer was perfect.  
Dsig

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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:** [February 15, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-recreate-all-metadata-wrongly-created-by-plex/758393/4 "2022-02-15T18:28:01Z")

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