# Removing "The" **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [July 22, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/removing-the/801674 "2022-07-22T14:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zimar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/zimar/32/8591_2.png) [@Zimar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Zimar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/removing-the/801674/1 "2022-07-22T14:36:01Z")
Why does Plex always remove “The” from a title? Like The Old Man, renames it to Old Man. I need to change the Name back to the original in the name sort order… Thanks ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/removing-the/801674/2 "2022-07-22T14:41:15Z")
Because it is common practice. Otherwise 60% of all English titles would agglomerate under the letters T and A, thus reducing the usefulness of the letter index significantly. If this is not common practice in your country, you can empty out the advanced server preference `ArticleStrings`. This change will only affect newly added items. > **[Advanced, Hidden Server Settings | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/)** > > There are a number of advanced, hidden Plex Media Server settings, some of which are not available from the normal... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/removing-the/801674/3 "2022-10-20T14:41:47Z")
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