# Max remote streams per account

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/max-remote-streams-per-account/610839>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/max-remote-streams-per-account/610839 "2020-07-05T20:58:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Oceen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/oceen/32/168144_2.png) [@Oceen](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Oceen)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/max-remote-streams-per-account/610839/1 "2020-07-05T20:58:02Z")

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So I have about 12 users that remote stream from my server and because of Chrome cast counting as two streams (for some reason) i have had to set the setting “Remote streams allowed per user” = 2 since I have a few users that only watch using the chrome cast.

A feature I would like is to be able to have this setting on every user account so we can set max allowed streams per account instead of having a global setting that is for everyone.

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**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:** [July 5, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/max-remote-streams-per-account/610839/2 "2020-07-05T21:02:27Z")

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There’s already a feature suggestion to restrict the concurrent streams on an account level.

> [@Limit Concurrent Streams Per Account](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-concurrent-streams-per-account/54513):
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> This is something I would very much like to see... &nbsp; Like many of you I am sure, I have shared my massive media library with my family. &nbsp;The problem is, I only have 5 mbps up bandwidth, so a realistic limit is 3 streams at once. &nbsp;If all three are HD 2.0 mbps streams going on at the same time, it can start lagging. &nbsp; So I have shared it with a grand total of 3 accounts. &nbsp;Well, the problem is one of these family members I have allowed access to has clearly gone out and shared their username an…

Please use the search before posting duplicate requests to avoid distracting votes from each other.  
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**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:** [July 5, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/max-remote-streams-per-account/610839/3 "2020-07-05T21:02:31Z")

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**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, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/max-remote-streams-per-account/610839/4 "2021-06-10T14:15:55Z")

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