It seems that Plex, for some unknown reason, doesn’t remove missing files from the library, but insists on just keeping them there. Like, say, I have moved files around and now for several TV-shows Plex shows duplicates for each episode, except that it says one of those duplicates isn’t available as…

So, there is no sane way of doing it and the only option is to throw the whole library away and re-scan everything?

That is not what the instructions say. However, you might get a good result by right clicking the library>>scan library, and empty trash. BUT if you moved/changed a lot then the dance is the way.

Edit your library (s), go the the ‘Add Folders’ tab make sure that every path listed in there is still: existent accessible for Plex server not completely empty(!)

It is, actually, what the instructions say. sigh Guess I don’t have any choice. Plex-devs really should add an option for cleaning up the library.

Your instructions aren’t relevant, that’s not what I asked for.

Yes, like I said, the problem isn’t Plex not finding my files, the problem is Plex showing duplicates for my files, not removing the old entries for files after I moved them.

Rescan, followed by an empty trash

How to remove all missing files from library?

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grhiner July 10, 2020, 11:56am 2

PLEX retains metadata in the event you have a drive disconnected it doesn’t kill off alot of content. To clean up metadata go to The Plex Dance ™. All steps, in order, do not vary from the instructions and this will fix you up

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