Apologies for continuing this thread -
I moved all of my files onto a directory not even mounted in my container - zero visibility to Plex now.
Following the Plex Dance completely (including emptying trash and bundles) I can’t find a combination that actually removes the media from my libraries. I suppose I can completely rebuild each library from scratch, but that has a ton of other sharing/etc issues that would be time intensive (and I’m sure this isn’t intended functionality for Plex).
I’ve tried scanning the libraries individually and on the entire server, both from the Manage Server hamburger dropdown and in the “Libraries” administration option. Nothing is picking up on the fact that the files are now gone.
I’m positive this is user error, but just in case, here is what I’ve tried doing:
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Completely removed all files from each media directory (confirmed with
ls -alh *showing all folders now empty. -
Scanned each library independently, through the “More → Server Hamburger → Manager Server → Scan Libraries” option (which showed a deprecation warning in the logs, FYI), and also in the Admin → Server → Libraries → Scan Libraries
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Emptied the server Trash via “More → Server Hamburger → Manage Server → Empty Trash”
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Cleaned all bundles through the same path.
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I even Optimized Database just to see if that might trigger an update.
Nothing is recognizing the files are now missing. I’ve tried this with the checkbox “Empty trash after scan” both checked and unchecked, just as a last-ditch effort.
Any advice?
