# Please help me restore Plex Agent default settings

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-me-restore-plex-agent-default-settings/681034>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [January 22, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-me-restore-plex-agent-default-settings/681034 "2021-01-22T00:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MKA.NET](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mka.net/32/120528_2.png) [@MKA.NET](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MKA.NET)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-me-restore-plex-agent-default-settings/681034/1 "2021-01-22T00:41:45Z")

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It seems like ever since I messed with my Plex Agent settings (changing them from their defaults and original preference order), TV Series (and some Movies) subtitles are usually wrong. I’d like to avoid having Plex mess with subtitle downloading.

Could someone please tell me how to reset my Plex agent settings back to the installation defaults **without resetting any other settings**? At the very least, I would like screenshots of ALL the default settings under the “Agents” section.

It sure would be nice to have a “reset to defaults” option in each settings category on the server.

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-me-restore-plex-agent-default-settings/681034/2 "2021-01-22T01:02:48Z")

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> [@MKA.NET](#):
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> I’d like to avoid having Plex mess with subtitle downloading.

Disable open subtitles, that’s the only thing that auto downloads subtitles.

but here are screens of default for movie/tv agents

[default agent settings.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/mYqALDsVtVqUYnILUHv75SilhCx.zip) (11.3 MB)

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**Author:** ![MKA.NET](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mka.net/32/120528_2.png) [@MKA.NET](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MKA.NET)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-me-restore-plex-agent-default-settings/681034/3 "2021-01-22T01:54:06Z")

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@BigWheel thanks so much!

BTW: You also helped me in an unexpected way. I like the filename formatting you used for your screenshots better than what I’m using (for the screenshot sharing script I made for myself on Windows). Your filenames are much easier to read. I changed mine to look more like yours…

`Mine Before:`  
**Screenshot\_01-21-2021\_05.24.16PM\_.png**

`Yours:`  
**Screen Shot 2021-01-21 at 4.59.37 PM.png**

`Mine Now:`  
**Screenshot 01-21-2021 at 05.39.29 PM.png**

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-help-me-restore-plex-agent-default-settings/681034/4 "2021-04-22T01:54:14Z")

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