# Per Library Scan Settings Option **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** library-management\ **Created:** [October 12, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-library-scan-settings-option/319099 "2018-10-12T16:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bzowk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bzowk/32/86857_2.png) [@bzowk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bzowk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-library-scan-settings-option/319099/1 "2018-10-12T16:27:21Z")
Hey Guys - I’m a long time Plex user and Plex Pass member. I just wanted to post a suggestion which would make a world of difference for my setup and any others with large libraries. Currently, you may configure library scanning options globally. I’d like to be able to at least have the option to be able to configure these settings per library. Having a large library, this would make a dramatic difference in system resource usage. I do have the option to run a partial scan selected, but when testing adding / changing something in a small library vs large one, there’s a huge difference in time taken & resource usage for some reason. Thank You! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-library-scan-settings-option/319099/2 "2018-10-12T16:36:10Z")
So which option do you want to set per-library? ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-library-scan-settings-option/319099/3 "2018-10-12T16:48:39Z")
Not sure if this is exactly what you’re asking about, but it seems related at least. I reported what I thought was a bug where changing agent settings in a library affected other libraries. Rather than fix the problem, Plex instead added explanatory text and treated it as a feature. So I made a [feature request](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-allow-agent-settings-to-be-set-on-a-per-library-basis/192092) to change it. ---
**Author:** ![greavous420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@greavous420](https://forums.plex.tv/u/greavous420)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-library-scan-settings-option/319099/4 "2021-01-06T13:06:24Z")
Would be awesome to have the ability to choose which libraries scan automatically. I have a music library that I also use with rekordbox so has plenty of files with odd albums/metadata/isn’t on metadata dbs and it seems to be scanning that library all the time which I believe is due to metadata/matches. Basically I want my other libraries to auto scan still but have this library only scan manually. # **Mod-Edit:** Moved this into an existing suggestion on the exact same topic to avoid duplicates ---
**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, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-library-scan-settings-option/319099/5 "2021-03-26T01:31:10Z")
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, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/per-library-scan-settings-option/319099/6 "2021-06-10T00:21:38Z")