Trouble rearranging shows on hard drive, showing unavailable deleted files on plex?

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When rearranging shows on the external hard drive they are stored on, an “unavailable” file stays in the original folder on plex and I have to delete double-ups on every show I move…I am on a mac computer.

Thanks

That is normal behavior

After you move/rearrange the show on your drive just rescan your library.

I’m sorry that is not correct. In side menu to the right of the Library of concern, you will find an Vertical Ellipsis , scroll down to manage Library/ Empty Trash. This procedure will remove all Trash can labelled Titles (Unavailable due to moving).

It’s not recommended having Automatically Empty Trash after scan enabled in Plex Media server /Library settings.

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Thank you I will try this! I have used plex for years and this literally only started happening a few weeks ago…

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I think I must have unticked “Empty trash after every scan”… as it’s now unticked. Do you know why they don’t recommend having this box ticked? Thanks again for your help.

This page shows a good reason

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