# Plex always chooses forced subtitles

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-chooses-forced-subtitles/694571>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** subtitles\
**Created:** [February 25, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-chooses-forced-subtitles/694571 "2021-02-25T13:27:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Link2811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/link2811/32/141960_2.png) [@Link2811](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Link2811)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-chooses-forced-subtitles/694571/1 "2021-02-25T13:27:27Z")

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Hi ! I don’t know if I’m missing something or if I don’t understand the logic behind it, but I can’t have full subtitles to be automatically selected.

My current settings are :

- Preferred audio language : English
- Preferred sub language : French
- Auto select : Always

With this, Plex auto selects the right audio (english) but the wrong subs (forced-fr rather than fr)

Am I missing something or is there a bug ?

Thanx 😊

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**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:** [February 25, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-chooses-forced-subtitles/694571/2 "2021-02-25T13:38:45Z")

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It’s a long-standing, known bug. It only manifests itself if the language preferences for audio and subtitles are set to different languages.

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**Author:** ![Link2811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/link2811/32/141960_2.png) [@Link2811](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Link2811)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-chooses-forced-subtitles/694571/3 "2021-02-25T14:13:06Z")

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Well I didn’t search well enough, then, only found years old topic.

Thanx for the quick response, now I can wait peacefully for the fix !

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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:** [May 26, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-always-chooses-forced-subtitles/694571/4 "2021-05-26T14:13:12Z")

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