# Search library by filename

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-by-filename/278736>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-by-filename/278736 "2018-07-03T10:46:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jerseydevil62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@jerseydevil62](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jerseydevil62)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-by-filename/278736/1 "2018-07-03T10:46:42Z")

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Is there a way to find out what “movie” Plex has associated with a video file? I added a new movie, but it hasn’t shown up in the library so I am assuming it has been associated with something else that already existed in the library but I have no idea what.

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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:** [July 3, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-by-filename/278736/2 "2018-07-03T10:58:55Z")

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Try this

[How to find the discrepancy between number of files on disk and the number of movies in the Plex movie library](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-find-discrepancy-between-the-number-of-files-and-recognized-movies-by-plex/170868/2 "How to find the discrepancy between number of files on disk and the number of movies in the Plex movie library")

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**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-by-filename/278736/3 "2018-07-03T11:33:50Z")

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And if what @OttoKerner said doesn’t work for you, you could also switch to folder view, browse to the folder where the movie is located, and then see what it ended up matching as.

Also, as a last resort, you could install [ExportTools](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rel-exporttools/175915), export in [level 5](https://github.com/ukdtom/ExportTools.bundle/wiki/Movie-Export-Level#level-5) and then use the output to see if it was matched as something else.

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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:** [October 1, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-by-filename/278736/4 "2018-10-01T11:33:50Z")

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