# Plex PMS Linux tmp folder filling daily with same thumb.jpeg

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [March 11, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pms-linux-tmp-folder-filling-daily-with-same-thumb-jpeg/834093 "2023-03-11T11:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![seansarre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@seansarre](https://forums.plex.tv/u/seansarre)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pms-linux-tmp-folder-filling-daily-with-same-thumb-jpeg/834093/1 "2023-03-11T11:46:11Z")

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Server Version#:1.31.2.6783  
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**Author:** ![seansarre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@seansarre](https://forums.plex.tv/u/seansarre)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pms-linux-tmp-folder-filling-daily-with-same-thumb-jpeg/834093/2 "2023-03-11T11:48:59Z")

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My PMS has been running fine for months and just recently Linux started to complain about disk space and what i found was millions of the same thumb.jpeg being created in the tmp folder and filling up the disk - only a reboot fixes this. I have been through all settings in plex i believe and turned off thumbnail creation but something must be - i have even deleted ther movie that is referenced in the thumb.jpeg but its keeps recreating.

 ![Linux PMS](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/6/e/b6e54513b93943a63a92d30dea68d1536d591d77.png)

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**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pms-linux-tmp-folder-filling-daily-with-same-thumb-jpeg/834093/3 "2023-03-11T14:12:41Z")

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It’s a known bug with Credits Detection, that is been worked on.

Until fixed, you have 3 options:

- Turn off Credits Detection
  - Ref: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/credits-detection/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/credits-detection/)

- Close PMS, and delete the tmp directory, and then start PMS again
  - This will need to be done with regular intervals

- When looking at the jpeg, maybe find what movie/episode they belongs to, and disable Credits Detection for that movie/serie only

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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:** [June 9, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-pms-linux-tmp-folder-filling-daily-with-same-thumb-jpeg/834093/4 "2023-06-09T14:13:29Z")

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