Limit search to a specific local Library (no external results)

[zorglub2000]

In the search bar I have a media type where I can choose:
All media types ; Films & Series ; Music ; People ; Pictures

When I search for a film in my collection I get a lot of results I don’t want like “Free on Demand” “More Movies to watch”…

So I was wondering if we could have some sort of way to choose that we only want to search inside a specific Library in our local server.

What do you think ?

Z.

[beckfield]

It’s already there. In Plex Web:

[tom80H]

You can already disable the More Ways To Watch section in the search preferences.

As for ignoring Plex online media sources… there’s already an existing feature suggestion discussing such an option. I suggest you comment/vote in that thread in order to avoid distracting/dispersing votes.

Ability to Search Only Library / Permanently Filter Certain Types of Content

While I appreciate Plex diversifying to include things like Podcasts, Web Shows, News, Tidal, etc., for me Plex is solely a database for my Film and TV. To that end, it’s incredibly frustrating that when you type in a word or two looking for a particular movie or TV show, you will get dozens of unrelated results relating to Podcasts, Web Shows, News, etc. With the addition of new types of content, this has become increasingly a problem To make matters worse, those unwanted web results are the …

[zorglub2000]

@tom80H

As for ignoring Plex online media sources… there’s already an existing feature suggestion discussing such an option. I suggest you comment/vote in that thread in order to avoid distracting/dispersing votes.

Thanks I just did that.
I did unchecked Discover which helps a bit, I still get “Free on demand” results but its better

Thanks

Z.