# Search only accessing library

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-only-accessing-library/922751>\
**Category:** Plex Experience Preview\
**Tags:** search\
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-only-accessing-library/922751 "2025-06-12T19:30:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jvi68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jvi68](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jvi68)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-only-accessing-library/922751/1 "2025-06-12T19:30:43Z")

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Plex has been pretty good about finding where media is available, however while doing a lookup I found that search is now only searching my library and not consulting imdb/tvdb/whatever to know about content I currently do not have in my library. How can I get search to search across these sources so I can figure out what streaming service something is hosted on?

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-only-accessing-library/922751/2 "2025-06-12T19:39:42Z")

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You have to enable `More Ways Watch` in search settings ( option on right of search field) . if you don’t see it make sure it’s enabled in Online Media Source settings

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/discover/#toc-2](https://support.plex.tv/articles/discover/#toc-2)

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/discover/#toc-6](https://support.plex.tv/articles/discover/#toc-6)

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**Author:** ![jvi68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jvi68](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jvi68)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-only-accessing-library/922751/3 "2025-06-12T20:18:05Z")

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I’m not seeing any of these settings in the app

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-only-accessing-library/922751/4 "2025-06-12T21:06:57Z")

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The online media source settings are in the web app [https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/settings/online-media-sources](https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/settings/online-media-sources)

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**Author:** ![jvi68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jvi68](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jvi68)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-only-accessing-library/922751/5 "2025-06-12T21:35:23Z")

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Well, it seems to have fixed itself with no configuration intervention. Can you please provide clearer feedback when external services can’t be hit (I’m assuming y’all were impacted by the internet outages today) so it’s clear when things are broken on your end vs. misconfiguration