# Possible to have no thumbnails/posters?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-to-have-no-thumbnails-posters/691043>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Created:** [February 15, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-to-have-no-thumbnails-posters/691043 "2021-02-15T21:44:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sparemailadd\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@sparemailadd\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sparemailadd_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-to-have-no-thumbnails-posters/691043/1 "2021-02-15T21:44:40Z")

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My current media player is getting old and buggy and I’m looking for a replacement. I uninstalled Plex many years because a file and directory view was not available. I have all my media files organised very logically into nested directories and that’s how I want to navigate. I abhor thumbnails, movie posters, etc. They just make it annoyingly hard for me to find what I’m looking for.

Is is possible to use Plex and see my files in a directory/filename view without any images?

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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:** [February 16, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-to-have-no-thumbnails-posters/691043/2 "2021-02-16T13:13:47Z")

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Apparently, Plex is not for you. You probably want something like Serviio, PlayON or miniDLNA.

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**Author:** ![dduke2104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dduke2104](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dduke2104)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-to-have-no-thumbnails-posters/691043/3 "2021-02-16T14:29:34Z")

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The Plex web player has a very serviceable “Folders” view option as does the Android TV player. Not sure about any other Plex players having that offhand.

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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:** [May 17, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-to-have-no-thumbnails-posters/691043/4 "2021-05-17T14:30:25Z")

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