# Lost Watch History

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203 "2016-05-27T17:57:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![kylerphillips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@kylerphillips](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kylerphillips)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203/1 "2016-05-27T17:57:52Z")

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After updating Plex Media Server, I seem to have lost all of my watch history and all of my items are set to unmatched. I also had to add my libraries back, any ideas how to recover played history?

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**Author:** ![Hakulaku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hakulaku](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hakulaku)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203/2 "2016-05-27T21:24:36Z")

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> @kylerphillips said:  
> After updating Plex Media Server, I seem to have lost all of my watch history and all of my items are set to unmatched. I also had to add my libraries back, any ideas how to recover played history?

You could use your latest backup of the database to get most of that information back (atleast if you have automatic back-ups turned on).

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203/3 "2016-05-27T21:26:17Z")

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Was this on a NAS? Or on Windows?

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**Author:** ![kylerphillips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@kylerphillips](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kylerphillips)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203/4 "2016-05-28T15:28:25Z")

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> @OttoKerner said:  
> Was this on a NAS? Or on Windows?

It was on Mac OS X

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**Author:** ![kylerphillips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@kylerphillips](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kylerphillips)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203/5 "2016-05-28T15:29:36Z")

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> @Hakulaku said:
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> > @kylerphillips said:  
> > After updating Plex Media Server, I seem to have lost all of my watch history and all of my items are set to unmatched. I also had to add my libraries back, any ideas how to recover played history?
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> You could use your latest backup of the database to get most of that information back (atleast if you have automatic back-ups turned on).

Thanks - where is the Plex database stored?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_W](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/peter_w/32/6556_2.png) [@Peter\_W](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Peter_W)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203/6 "2016-05-28T15:44:17Z")

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See this help article [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/202485658-Restore-a-Database-Backed-Up-via-Scheduled-Tasks-](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/202485658-Restore-a-Database-Backed-Up-via-Scheduled-Tasks-)

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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:** [January 7, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-watch-history/146203/7 "2020-01-07T21:25:20Z")

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