# Mark Folder as 'Finalised' **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mark-folder-as-finalised/194143 "2017-06-02T09:54:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadDanEccles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MadDanEccles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MadDanEccles)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mark-folder-as-finalised/194143/1 "2017-06-02T09:54:09Z")
I have a TV library that spans multiple folders (of about 2TB each) of which one (let’s call it the working folder) receives new content and the remainder are finalised and will never have any further modifications. Whenever new content is added to the working folder, the only way to get Plex to scan it is to scan all folders (which is time consuming). It would be very useful (and I imagine easy) to be able to mark a folder as ‘Finalised’ - i.e. retain all content in this folder but do not scan for new content. Either a checkbox next to each folder in the UI or a ‘.plexfinalised’ file placed in the root of the folder would work well I would imagine. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mark-folder-as-finalised/194143/2 "2017-06-02T12:06:27Z")
Settings - Server - Library - ‘Show Advanced’ - “Run a partial scan when changes are detected” Does this not work for you? Is the clocktime correct on both your server and your media storage device (whatever it is - NAS, server etc.) ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mark-folder-as-finalised/194143/3 "2021-03-26T02:07:45Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@"Lock" item, library, or folder to speed up scans](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lock-item-library-or-folder-to-speed-up-scans/314089): > > Problem: Some of my libraries are very large. I have tens of thousands of photos, for example. I’ve had to break these into decades to keep the library sizes down, but even then scanning one takes a very looooong time. I have similarly had to break my movie, music, and TV libraries up by genre, and have quite a few of them. Even then, some genres are quite large and take a very long time to scan. I’ve had to disable periodic scans, but even then when I add an item it can take a very long time.… ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mark-folder-as-finalised/194143/4 "2021-06-10T00:43:37Z")