# Plex Library Management Sucks

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library-management-sucks/932262>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-linux, library-management\
**Created:** [October 8, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library-management-sucks/932262 "2025-10-08T17:09:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![BandleNet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BandleNet](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BandleNet)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library-management-sucks/932262/6 "2025-10-08T20:05:09Z")

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It seems like this is kind of known thing: [The Plex Dance ™](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)

My beef is that we have to do something like this workaround. In no other application that I’ve worked with is there a need to blow away the entire DB just to update things. That’s not a great solution, even if it works.

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