# Plex's File Matching is Really Broken

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexs-file-matching-is-really-broken/522848>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** library-management\
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexs-file-matching-is-really-broken/522848 "2020-01-07T15:35:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexs-file-matching-is-really-broken/522848/8 "2020-01-07T16:52:06Z")

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> [@PerryCS](#):
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> I did follow the “[Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)” you linked which I never used before. Normally I only “Scan Library”.

The [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) is necessary if you added the files to the plex library before you renamed them correctly. Otherwise they won’t change their “matching”.

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