# Linux Plex server tmp folder filling up

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-server-tmp-folder-filling-up/803159>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [August 3, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-server-tmp-folder-filling-up/803159 "2022-08-03T23:32:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-server-tmp-folder-filling-up/803159/4 "2022-08-04T04:05:28Z")

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> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/3):
>
> Customizing your Plex configuration on systemd based systems This information is intended for those systems where cat /proc/1/comm returns systemd. On systems which use Systemd (Ubuntu 16+, Fedora, Centos 7, Debian 8,) you create this customization file which SystemD reads prior to launching PMS. This file is independent of the default configuration and service control mechanisms in /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service. Your customization override is preserved across updates, uninstal…

In the override file

```auto
[Service]
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/path/you/want"

```

This is not the same as the Transcoder Temp Dir which you set in Preferences.

NOTE: To clarify, on SYSV Linux systems, I map TMPDIR or TEMP or TEMPDIR to PLEX\_MEDIA\_SERVER\_TMPDIR for PMS.

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