Request: timer setting for “missing” files to not add to recently added

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Hi all, been using Plex now for about 11 years and one of my biggest gripes has always been how it handled files that were removed and then re-added.

I just had a hard drive go out so I had to recover all my files. Meanwhile Plex removes all the media because it’s missing. When I add back the recovered files on a new hard drive, all the movies are added back as a new movie.

Can we have a setting where any deleted or missing file that is found within a certain timeframe doesn’t wind up on the recently added? I now have about 300 movies that are marked as recently added but they are all old existing movies.

Thanks!

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Disable Settings > [Server Name] > Library > Automatically empty trash after every scan

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I can see how that’s a decent temp solution when I lose a hard drive to disable that setting until everything is added back.

I’ve never disabled that setting, what are the long term impacts?

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After purposely removing files and rescanning your library, you’ll need to manually empty the library’s trash.

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