# Sort Title different to Title

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-title-different-to-title/610651>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-synology\
**Created:** [July 5, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-title-different-to-title/610651 "2020-07-05T10:31:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blackwidow2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Blackwidow2016](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blackwidow2016)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-title-different-to-title/610651/1 "2020-07-05T10:31:47Z")

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Hey all

When I add films to my server it finds the film details just fine but I have noticed that the Sort Title field can be different to the Title field on some films… Its always films that start with ‘The’ and ‘A’ so for example

Title: The Inbetweeners Movie  
Sort Title: Inbetweeners Movie

Why is this and how do I stop it? I want all my films A-Z and it making all the films with ‘The’ and ‘A’ out of order.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![Blackwidow2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Blackwidow2016](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blackwidow2016)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-title-different-to-title/610651/3 "2020-07-05T14:35:12Z")

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Thank you for the reply… that was just the perfect answer 🙂

I’ve already edited what I have added so I’m pleased it wont undo it, lol…

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**Author:** ![patje57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@patje57](https://forums.plex.tv/u/patje57)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-title-different-to-title/610651/4 "2020-09-29T11:19:36Z")

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I want the opposite.  
‘The, An, A’, etc are removed from the sort title. However not all languages seems covered. Seems Plex isn’t removing the equivalents in Italian, Dutch, French (partially).  
Is there a way to add in the preferences file or elsewhere the missing words?

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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:** [December 28, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-title-different-to-title/610651/5 "2020-12-28T11:19:44Z")

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