# PLEX Not Scraping All Files

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-scraping-all-files/778344>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [February 26, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-scraping-all-files/778344 "2022-02-26T07:33:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![dbirch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-scraping-all-files/778344/6 "2022-02-26T21:29:59Z")

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Its a matter of the Plex scanner confusing files. If you want an easy way to cleanup your files Ill copy/paste my standard response. files like `9.mkv` are so vague that it Plex takes a random stab in the dark at matching with poor results. I would [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) the affected files using:

If you want to save yourself a lot of time I would recommend using [Download - tinyMediaManager](https://www.tinymediamanager.org/download/release-v3/) and use `${title} (${year}) {imdb-${imdb}}` as the new name format.

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