# Plex database size suddenly increased dramatically

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [May 17, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-database-size-suddenly-increased-dramatically/919030 "2025-05-17T23:30:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![furflix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/furflix/32/12817_2.png) [@furflix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/furflix)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-database-size-suddenly-increased-dramatically/919030/1 "2025-05-17T23:30:40Z")

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Server Version#: Version 1.41.7.9795  
Player Version#: Version 4.146.0

I’ve been running my Plex Media Server (PMS) in a Proxmox Debian VM for quite a long time without issues. However, over the past few days, I’ve noticed something strange — my database size has suddenly jumped from around 200MB to over 20GB. As far as I can tell, there haven’t been any significant changes to my library that would justify this growth.

Any idea what might be causing this? Below is a screenshot of my backups and the current state of the database.

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 ![{98351DB4-E0E2-47E7-BFA8-1B0DFEDED384}](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/8/6/886640543a09006d482839e26863bf0af6d49122.png)

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**Author:** ![TheLivingBubba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thelivingbubba/32/336226_2.png) [@TheLivingBubba](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheLivingBubba)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-database-size-suddenly-increased-dramatically/919030/2 "2025-05-17T23:32:08Z")

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Probably related [Library.db size more than doubled in latest version](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-db-size-more-than-doubled-in-latest-version/918851)

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**Author:** ![furflix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/furflix/32/12817_2.png) [@furflix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/furflix)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-database-size-suddenly-increased-dramatically/919030/3 "2025-05-18T00:22:10Z")

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Thanks, Bubba! I’ve gone ahead and deleted the database, restored my backup from a few days ago, and installed the stable version of Plex for now until this issue is resolved. So far, with this version I don’t see the DB size going crazy.

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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:** [August 16, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-database-size-suddenly-increased-dramatically/919030/4 "2025-08-16T00:22:50Z")

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