# Plex incorrectly identifying TV episodes

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-incorrectly-identifying-tv-episodes/100265
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [April 19, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-incorrectly-identifying-tv-episodes/100265 "2015-04-19T02:06:25Z")
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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: [April 19, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-incorrectly-identifying-tv-episodes/100265/4 "2015-04-19T05:27:11Z")

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Perhaps you renamed the files to a conforming name schema only _after_ they were already (incorrectly) matched.

If this is the case, you still need to perform the ‘Plex Dance™’ to erase their checksums from the plex database.

[optional: disable the [SubZero](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rel-sub-zero-2-5-7-2663-subtitles-done-right/118396/1 "SubZero") plugin if installed]  
[only when “treating” music, step 4 can be omitted]

1. move all files for the show out of ‘sight’ of Plex
2. do a `Scan Library Files` in the web app (not ‘Refresh all’)
3. `Empty Trash`
4. “[Clean Bundles](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions "Clean Bundles")”
5. double check [naming schema](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/ "naming schema") and move files back
6. `Scan Library Files` again

[optional: re-enable the SubZero plugin if installed]

in this order

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