# Plex refuses to use local metadata **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [May 21, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-refuses-to-use-local-metadata/717024 "2021-05-21T05:52:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![PlaidRadish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plaidradish/32/87472_2.png) [@PlaidRadish](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlaidRadish)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-refuses-to-use-local-metadata/717024/12 "2021-07-23T15:57:37Z")
I have jumped in to numerous threads on this topic, but this one was the most recent I found, so I’m going to add a comment here… I had been editing my ID3 tags (2.3 & 2.4) using kID3 in Ubuntu, and I absolutely COULD NOT get Plex to recognize the changes I made. I stumbled on something that worked, though: - I moved the folder from my Plex storage location to a different computer running a different OS (macOS in this case) - I edited the album using kID3 on the secondary OS - I ran the “Scan Library Folders” function in Plex - I checked to make sure the album was NOT in the artist’s list, since I had moved it - I copied the album back to the original Plex storage location - I ran “Scan Library Folders” again, and this time Plex recognized it and added the correct tag info Some limiters/delimiters that could be explored for confirming the workaround: - **In this instance, I FIRST attempted the “[Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)” on the SAME OS/SAME MACHINE - it DID NOT work. At this point, I moved on to trying a different OS and a different machine.** - Test not performed on same OS/different machine - Test not performed on same OS/same machine/different application (MP3Tag, TagScanner, etc.) Hope this helps. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-refuses-to-use-local-metadata/717024)._