# Plex merging the wrong series

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**Created:** [August 31, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-merging-the-wrong-series/629047 "2020-08-31T07:54:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-merging-the-wrong-series/629047/3 "2020-08-31T17:55:13Z")

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FYI, perform an Empty Trash before you Clean Bundles ([Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)).

When you put the series back into Plex, add them one at a time. Let Plex finish sorting, adding metadata, etc for the first before adding the second.

If you continue to have issues, try adding a season folder and renaming the files (followed by a Plex Dance). Delete the DVDRip… type info from the file name or put it in square brackets so Plex will ignore it.

```auto
/A TV Library
  /Salem
    /Season 01
      /Salem - s01e01.mkv
      /Salem.s01e02.[DVDRip....].mkv <-- square brackets for other info you may wish to keep.
      /Salem s01e03 [DVDRip....].mkv 

```

[Plex Docs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/) -\> [Your Media](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/) -\> [TV Show Files (Naming and Organizing)](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/naming-and-organizing-tv-shows/)

> **[Naming and Organizing Your TV Show Files | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/)**
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> The scanners and metadata agents used by Plex will work best when your major types of content are separated from...

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