# Plex Server WILL NOT START. Tried to fix for weeks. Possible database corruption. HELP!
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-will-not-start-tried-to-fix-for-weeks-possible-database-corruption-help/798686
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-mac
**Created:** [June 27, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-will-not-start-tried-to-fix-for-weeks-possible-database-corruption-help/798686 "2022-06-27T01:29:29Z")
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### Author:  [@houseofjanzen\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/houseofjanzen_gmail_com)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-will-not-start-tried-to-fix-for-weeks-possible-database-corruption-help/798686/1 "2022-06-27T01:29:29Z")
My fam and I use Plex every day but for weeks now I can’t get it to start. The Plex Media Server on my Mac mini just blips on the screen then is gone again.
I tried deleting it and re-installing it but it just does the same thing. I simply can’t get it to start.
I’ve had someone trying to help me (I’m not super tech savvy) and he’s gone over the logs and thinks this is the problem:
“Looks like database corruption. I parsed all of your logs and the only “interesting” lines I found were related to sqlite. I have attached an image of my output file obtained by searching for keywords in a script.”
He linked to this file:
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/?fbclid=IwAR34HEsF3HrkUq1MbNip-UerBRuJ0bRnsyMdUzmcb8leW\_s25LESWNrCqdk](https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/?fbclid=IwAR34HEsF3HrkUq1MbNip-UerBRuJ0bRnsyMdUzmcb8leW_s25LESWNrCqdk)
He suggested I delete the library file but I can’t find any file that has both Plex and Library in the name.
PLEASE HELP! I need Plex back!
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### Author:  [@houseofjanzen\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/houseofjanzen_gmail_com)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-will-not-start-tried-to-fix-for-weeks-possible-database-corruption-help/798686/2 "2022-06-27T01:31:09Z")
He sent me that pic of where he thought he found that problem.
If it’s sqlite is there a backup saved somewhere that I could use to re-initialize somehow? Thanks a bunch
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### Author:  [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-will-not-start-tried-to-fix-for-weeks-possible-database-corruption-help/798686/3 "2022-06-27T01:49:45Z")
In the file folder you should have `~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server//Plug-in Support/Databases`
there should be files like:
com.plexapp.dlna.db
com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db
com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2022-06-18
com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2022-06-21
com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-2022-06-24
com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-shm
com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db-wal
com.plexapp.plugins.library.db
com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2022-06-18
com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2022-06-21
com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-2022-06-24
com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-shm
com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-wal
To play it safe I would backup the entire folder, close plex delete `com.plexapp.plugins.library.db` and `com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db` and then rename the two files ending in `db-2022-06-18` to `.db` and try to re-launch plex and see if that works
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### Author:  [@houseofjanzen\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/houseofjanzen_gmail_com)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-will-not-start-tried-to-fix-for-weeks-possible-database-corruption-help/798686/4 "2022-06-27T15:05:31Z")
It worked!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
If you were here I’d hug you. Thanks again!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-will-not-start-tried-to-fix-for-weeks-possible-database-corruption-help/798686/5 "2022-09-25T15:06:06Z")
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