# Plex Maintenance Mode

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-maintenance-mode/205468>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [September 8, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-maintenance-mode/205468 "2017-09-08T12:32:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![spud97100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@spud97100](https://forums.plex.tv/u/spud97100)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-maintenance-mode/205468/1 "2017-09-08T12:32:25Z")

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Are we ever going to get the ability to put Plex in maintenance mode? Or maybe something that would stop people from being able to access movies and music while we are trying to maintenance the server? I’m sure someone has asked about this feature by now.

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**Author:** ![nokdim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ab992/32.png) [@nokdim](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nokdim)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-maintenance-mode/205468/2 "2017-09-08T15:14:54Z")

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That would be nice…

Not sure if you have seen but in recent updates you can stop playback and send the user a message so you can notify them that its about to go down

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/1/21613c0fc3d200b9ad670437eee8aa1d7913bb8a.png)

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/b/3b6dadc2f50aaebd7eb6eb4c32e6e6e92f0086bd.png)

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**Author:** ![LexPlexUser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/lexplexuser/32/24260_2.png) [@LexPlexUser](https://forums.plex.tv/u/LexPlexUser)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-maintenance-mode/205468/3 "2018-08-31T18:28:05Z")

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Vote here.

> **[Send server messages](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/51593/popular-send-server-messages/)**
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> It would be great as a PlexPass user to unlock a feature to send messages to the viewers. Information on planned maintenance (running every 20min or so) Restart information (one time message) and so on. This would be nice to have when...

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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:** [January 7, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-maintenance-mode/205468/4 "2020-01-07T23:47:44Z")

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