# Plex is reordering a manually ordered collection

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-is-reordering-a-manually-ordered-collection/909965>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [March 23, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-is-reordering-a-manually-ordered-collection/909965 "2025-03-23T13:29:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![thewises1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@thewises1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/thewises1)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-is-reordering-a-manually-ordered-collection/909965/1 "2025-03-23T13:29:59Z")

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Server Version#: (Windows 10) 1.41.5.9522  
Player Version#: (All - phone, GTV, and web) but in this case Web 4.145.1

I am seeing Plex reorder various movie collections I have set to ‘custom’ and manually ordered. I am assuming this is a defect as there is really nothing to set other than ‘custom’ in the collection itself.

Am I missing something I need to set? Any hints would be appreciated OR if this is a known defect let me know and I’ll stop trying to reorder until its fixed.

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**Author:** ![B\_Bombr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@B\_Bombr](https://forums.plex.tv/u/B_Bombr)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-is-reordering-a-manually-ordered-collection/909965/2 "2025-04-02T22:33:17Z")

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Just replying to keep this open and state that I’ve seen the same issue for YEARS. It’s complained about on the Plex subreddit as well at least 2 years ago.

Super annoying.

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**Author:** ![TheCollector2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TheCollector2019](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheCollector2019)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-is-reordering-a-manually-ordered-collection/909965/3 "2025-05-22T10:54:21Z")

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Also experiencing this issue on Windows. I manually set the order within a collection, and Plex looks like it saves the order. But then when I return later, it has randomized the collection again.

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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 20, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-is-reordering-a-manually-ordered-collection/909965/4 "2025-08-20T10:54:49Z")

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