# Selectively hide media files from the library? **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [May 4, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selectively-hide-media-files-from-the-library/585583 "2020-05-04T23:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nhardgrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6de8d8/32.png) [@nhardgrove](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nhardgrove)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selectively-hide-media-files-from-the-library/585583/1 "2020-05-04T23:01:07Z")
Is it possible to hide specific media files from the library without having to remove them from the library locations? And the agent won’t re-add them…like some kind of exception list? ---
**Author:** ![TeknoJunky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/teknojunky/32/165055_2.png) [@TeknoJunky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TeknoJunky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selectively-hide-media-files-from-the-library/585583/2 "2020-05-04T23:12:12Z")
sort of > **[Special Keyword File/Folder Exclusion | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201381883-special-keyword-file-folder-exclusion/)** > > Plex will automatically ignore and exclude certain content: Files that include sample in the filename and are less than 300MB... ---
**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selectively-hide-media-files-from-the-library/585583/3 "2020-05-04T23:39:16Z")
Most of us just mark them as played. In the event we want them removed from the library - we select ‘Delete’. I can think of no instance wherein I want a media item put in a ‘stand by’ location - and If I did, I’d move it to a folder Plex isn’t looking at with my file manager. I DO NOT what Plex involved in deciding what I should keep and what should be discarded. I disabled that crap when I told it NOT to delete items my DVR recorded in some Plex Auto-Fackin-Nightmare even I have no control over or Plex has any notion of what I want. Items suddenly started showing up missing - before I’d watched them - and that pretty much told me what I should do about it… take Plex OUT of the ‘Delete’ equation. If it were up to Plex - we’d delete everything that wasn’t Plex Movies and TV. \<— and Plex would let us know when we’ve deleted enough. If you want that - just do it. From the file manager. ---
**Author:** ![nhardgrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6de8d8/32.png) [@nhardgrove](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nhardgrove)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selectively-hide-media-files-from-the-library/585583/4 "2020-05-05T00:20:42Z")
Exactly what I’m looking for, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![nhardgrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6de8d8/32.png) [@nhardgrove](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nhardgrove)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selectively-hide-media-files-from-the-library/585583/5 "2020-05-05T00:21:18Z")
I concur, if that’s how I was managing my media content… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/selectively-hide-media-files-from-the-library/585583/6 "2020-08-03T00:22:20Z")
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