# Offline Storage **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [July 2, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/offline-storage/609684 "2020-07-02T15:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joe\_hagerty\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@joe\_hagerty\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/joe_hagerty_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/offline-storage/609684/1 "2020-07-02T15:53:54Z")
As my NAS is now completely full, I need to take some of my less used media offline until I can come up with a better way to store them all. Is there a way to do this so that the media will still appear in the catalog? Maybe making an “Offline” library and stopping media scans from running against it? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/offline-storage/609684/2 "2020-07-02T19:11:39Z")
Disable the automatic emptying of trash and make sure you don’t do so manually. This page has some details on it: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/200289326-emptying-library-trash/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200289326-emptying-library-trash/) When a scan is conducted, the media will be noted as unavailable in clients but the metadata will not be removed. I expect this is what you want. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/offline-storage/609684/3 "2020-09-30T19:12:05Z")
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