I’d like to move the Plex application on my Synology DS918+ to my USB drive in order to allow spin down of my HDDs. In this forum I often find the reference to the FAQ page: See Q27 (bottom of page) on the Synology FAQ’s page in order to move the Plex folder correctly, link in my signature. Sad…

Very simple answer here: Stop Plex Rename the existing Plex share to “Plex-Old” Create a new “Plex” share where you want it Make user plex the owner of that share (in the share’s properties - File Station) COPY the contents in their entirety from old to new. Uninstall the package Reinstall the pa…

Move plex application folder

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices

pshanew November 23, 2019, 4:19pm 2

It’s not a solution to your problem, but @ChuckPa is rebuilding the Synology FAQ. Hopefully the answer to this question will be included there soon:

Topic		Replies	Views
Move Plex database from Synology 1515+ to 918+ ? NAS & Devices server-synology	6	1338	January 8, 2020
Move & Backup Plex Media Library in Synology NAS NAS & Devices server-synology	19	4209	August 14, 2020
Ability to edit Plex Library path on Synology NAS for Plex Media server Feature Suggestions server-synology	15	2628	July 4, 2021
Moving Plex to a different volume on a Synology NAS running DSM7 NAS & Devices server-synology	3	203	January 25, 2022
Move Plex Server to NAS NAS & Devices server-synology	10	309	October 24, 2022

Move plex application folder

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