# Manual Metadata Lock **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** library-management\ **Created:** [March 31, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-lock/873657 "2024-03-31T03:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![awesomebread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@awesomebread](https://forums.plex.tv/u/awesomebread)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-lock/873657/1 "2024-03-31T03:01:51Z")
I propose a button to set the metadata lock and a status icon to show the lock status within the edit modal. The advanced tab seems to make the most sense with in the modal. I spend hours picking the perfect poster and background images for my entire library. Even if the poster I want is already selected, I will select a different poster, save, and reselect with the hope that it will lock the metadata. I have gone one by one doing this to my entire library. And I do this every time something new is added. But still, I continuously find my posters changing. The auto locking that is supposed to happen doesn’t happen. Based on [this reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1axe6fu/comment/krnekxf/) it seems this functionality already exists, and while I can perform the steps to do this work around (and even automate it), most users probably can’t. Please, add a button to the edit modal to lock the metadata and a status icon next to the button to show the current metadata lock status. This would be a huge benefit to the users who are quite picky about the posters for their libraries. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-lock/873657/2 "2024-03-31T13:55:20Z")
The way you were doing it is actually working… unless the poster you’ve picked is no longer available (e.g. if it’s been removed at its source or there’s a licensing issue). Personally I prefer storing my posters as local assets alongside my media. That being said, there’s already an existing suggestion to change/improce the poster locking behavior. If that’s what you have in mind, please comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. > [@Lock Posters](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lock-posters/755134): > > Ability to lock posters the same way you can lock other fields. Regardless of the official statement posters do change. I’ve searched multiple posts on here and reddit where people experience the same issue but regardless posters do sometimes change. I’ve read "When you manually select a poster it is automatically flagged as locked in the Plex server database. "… but many many people have experienced this change, it definetely happens. I don’t know why out of all the fields that you can lock … # In addition there’s existing suggestions asking for a one-click option to lock all information of an item or an entire library respectively. > [@One click option to lock all metadata/posters/backgrounds ect](https://forums.plex.tv/t/one-click-option-to-lock-all-metadata-posters-backgrounds-ect/733298): > > Please add an easy one click option to lock all metadata/posters/backgrounds/artwork ect for individual movies, tv show, videos and or a option to lock all metadata in bulk editting. > [@Abiity to lock all fields in a library with one click, rather than manually locking each one](https://forums.plex.tv/t/abiity-to-lock-all-fields-in-a-library-with-one-click-rather-than-manually-locking-each-one/235356): > > I would like to see an option to lock all fields in a library, after updating the metadata to our liking, with just one switch. This would include locking posters and other items not currently lockable (I know that is addressed in other requests). # Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-lock/873657/3 "2024-04-02T06:07:08Z")
2024 clean-up: duplicate(s) / implemented