# Lost Libraries

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-libraries/665164>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** library-management\
**Created:** [December 14, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-libraries/665164 "2020-12-14T03:46:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rshin87263](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rshin87263](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rshin87263)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-libraries/665164/1 "2020-12-14T03:46:58Z")

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I am not sure how it happened … but i was scanning to update my library when i next logged on all my movies were gone !! I spent a lot of time fixing my library and to have lost it all is very troubling i will need to start all over but how ? can some one tell me what might have happened ? what steps can be done to recover my library for plex  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-libraries/665164/2 "2020-12-14T10:52:55Z")

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Check your free hard drive space.

see [https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/)

If the above was successful, verify that your database is not damaged:

1. [activate debug](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/ "activate debug") logging ( **not** ‘verbose’!)
2. quit Plex Server
3. wait 1 minute
4. start Plex Server
5. wait 5 minutes
6. [fetch log files](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417 "fetch log files") and attach them here

Or inspect them yourself. Take a look at the `Plex Media Server.log` file and seek for messages about database `corrupt` or `malformed`.  
If you find these, you may have to repair your database.

> **[Repair a Corrupt Database | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201100678-repair-a-corrupt-database/)**
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> Though rare, it is possible for your main Plex Media Server database to become corrupted. For instance, it might happen...

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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:** [March 14, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-libraries/665164/3 "2021-03-14T10:52:59Z")

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