# Remove poster lock in database

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**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-poster-lock-in-database/739195 "2021-08-27T09:22:34Z")\
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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:** [August 27, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-poster-lock-in-database/739195/2 "2021-08-27T10:05:00Z")

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Sorry, I cannot tell you how to edit the database directly.  
Instead, I can show you an alternate method of using Plex API, which might be safer to use.

You need access to the `curl` command or have an equivalent way of sending commands per http to your server. (There is also a [Windows version of `curl`](https://curl.se/windows/) available.)

First you need to determine the library ID number of your Plex library.  
You can get it from the [Plex XML info](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201998867-Investigate-Media-Information-and-Formats) of one of this library’s items (or by simply hovering the mouse cursor over the library name of this library in the web app)

Then you need your X-Plex-Token as well.  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/204059436-finding-an-authentication-token-x-plex-token/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/204059436-finding-an-authentication-token-x-plex-token/)

Then you build yourself some queries:  
(Unlocking the thumbnails for movies, tv shows, tv show seasons, tv shows episodes need to be done separately. At least to my knowledge.  
This is the `type` parameter.)

Each line will unlock the thumbnail selections of all items in a library of a certain type at once.

```auto
curl -X PUT "me.local:32400/library/sections/NN/all?type=1&thumb.locked=0&X-Plex-Token=XXXXX"
curl -X PUT "me.local:32400/library/sections/NN/all?type=2&thumb.locked=0&X-Plex-Token=XXXXX"
curl -X PUT "me.local:32400/library/sections/NN/all?type=3&thumb.locked=0&X-Plex-Token=XXXXX"
curl -X PUT "me.local:32400/library/sections/NN/all?type=4&thumb.locked=0&X-Plex-Token=XXXXX"

```

- replace `me.local` by the IP address or the domain name of your Plex server
- replace NN by the library ID of your music library
- replace XXXXX with your X-Plex-Token

If you’re interested, there are very similar calls for music libraries here [New Music Metadata handling - #10 by OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-music-metadata-handling/469988/10)

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The following is just for documentation purposes.  
Not all of these types are actually used!

‘Movie’ : 1, ‘Show’ : 2, ‘Season’ : 3, ‘Episode’ : 4, ‘Trailer’ : 5, ‘Comic’ : 6, ‘Person’ : 7, ‘Artist’ : 8, ‘Album’ : 9, ‘Track’ : 10, ‘Clip’ : 12, ‘Photo’ : 13, ‘Photo\_Album’ : 14, ‘Playlist’ : 15, ‘Playlist\_Folder’ : 16, ‘Podcast’ : 17  
(shamelessly copied from the old [WebTools](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rel-webtools-unsupported-appstore/206843/1 "WebTools") source code)

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