The new update adds a bunch of unused/useless items. How do I turn off/hide the entire online content section and the continue watching section? Please advise if it’s possible to hide these unnecessary items that are clogging up the menu.
EDIT I’m referring to the Plex Web that was just updated.
All of these, which are part of the dashboard are in the library settings - advanced.
If you wish to disable ‘On Deck’, set the “weeks to display” = 0 (zero)
You can make it extremely minimalist now. With everything off, it looks like this.
I think the OP is talking about the bottom section on the left side menu. There’s no way to hide that. That doesn’t bother me as much as the “Manage” section at the top. That just doesn’t belong there.
The options to disable/enable dashboard items in advanced has been removed with the latest update. I was only able to set on deck to zero. There is no option to remove “recently added movies, recently added tv and continue watching” I am stuck with those 3 on my dashboard. I’m wondering if this is a bug with the update. My server is on Linux. I stopped and restarted the server but the dashboard items remain. I’d be somewhat satisfied if I could make the dashboard clear as per the screenshot above from ChuckPa.
The presence or absence of each Library’s contributions to the Dashboard are in each Library’s Advanced settings (at the top)
‘Continue Watching’ is ‘On Deck’.
Thanks ChuckPa. I was looking under Server settings/Library instead of each individual library in the left menu. Thank you for being patient with me!
You’re very welcome. It is a bit confusing at first as you now have a much finer level of control. This allows you to ‘hide’ certain things if you so choose
One of the things I detest about Plex is that so much is all or nothing. Plex seems to think that everyone wants and/or needs exactly the same things displayed in exactly the same way.
I might have libraries (in fact I do) that I want to see in “On Deck” but I do not wish to see in “Recently Added.” And there might be others that I want in “Recently Added” but never want in “On Deck.”
And I might want to never see “Global Slide Shows” at all.
I think that Plex is just trying to control the way everybody’s media gets presented.
It is claimed that choice complicates the program unnecessarily but I don’t buy that. A properly designed program is easy to customize so that parts of what is displayed to the user is easy to turn on and off.
If DisplayRecentlyAdded(Library Number)==1 then { Code to display the section goes here }
Is NOT hard to implement nor is the code to maintain what is to be displayed.
While the programming to implement display of each type of “thing” per library is not as simple as I indicate it is neither excessively complex nor hard to maintain.
Plex just wants TOTAL control over the display of each and every user’s media and they want it to look EXACTLY the same on every system every user has. In the Plexiverse sameness is not only good it is the only way that is acceptable to the Plex demigods.
It seems that Plex is moving in the direction of uniformity and conformity. I do not know what the reason for this move on Plex’s part is for but it is a continuing theme in their development.
I do not see any move or trend to control what content is displayed or played just how it is displayed.
I understand a desire to present a uniform “Plex” face to the world but that can be done with a logo. It is not necessary for every app to look exactly the same and for everybody’s libraries to be presented to the users in exactly the same way. Each section in every library in EVERY interface should be able to be at least toggled on and off independent of any other settings.
Just bring back the Dashboard options as the options were in the previous releases! PERIOD!
@rgrega01 said:
Just bring back the Dashboard options as the options were in the previous releases! PERIOD!
What in particular do you wish to see restored / see is missing ? Some features were moved to different locations.
@Elijah_Baley said:
It is claimed that choice complicates the program unnecessarily but I don’t buy that. A properly designed program is easy to customize so that parts of what is displayed to the user is easy to turn on and off.
If DisplayRecentlyAdded(Library Number)==1 then { Code to display the section goes here }
Is NOT hard to implement nor is the code to maintain what is to be displayed.While the programming to implement display of each type of “thing” per library is not as simple as I indicate it is neither excessively complex nor hard to maintain.
Yes, easy to implement and easy to maintain but to test all different settings…
I work as a developer myself with a highly configurable product and I can tell you that the answer “well, we haven’t tested exactly that combination of settings but we have tested 800 other combinations and they work” does not satisfy a customer…
@Elijah_Baley said:
One of the things I detest about Plex is that so much is all or nothing. Plex seems to think that everyone wants and/or needs exactly the same things displayed in exactly the same way.I might have libraries (in fact I do) that I want to see in “On Deck” but I do not wish to see in “Recently Added.” And there might be others that I want in “Recently Added” but never want in “On Deck.”
And I might want to never see “Global Slide Shows” at all.
I think that Plex is just trying to control the way everybody’s media gets presented.
I’ve asked for this to be split in a feature request some few years ago now. It got no traction at all. 
I agree with you completely with Plex’s push, I jokingly said control to another answer I on another thread, but honestly… I can’t think of a good reason, bar laziness.
@Elijah_Baley said:
One of the things I detest about Plex is that so much is all or nothing. Plex seems to think that everyone wants and/or needs exactly the same things displayed in exactly the same way.I might have libraries (in fact I do) that I want to see in “On Deck” but I do not wish to see in “Recently Added.” And there might be others that I want in “Recently Added” but never want in “On Deck.”
And I might want to never see “Global Slide Shows” at all.
I think that Plex is just trying to control the way everybody’s media gets presented.
It is claimed that choice complicates the program unnecessarily but I don’t buy that. A properly designed program is easy to customize so that parts of what is displayed to the user is easy to turn on and off.
If DisplayRecentlyAdded(Library Number)==1 then { Code to display the section goes here }
Is NOT hard to implement nor is the code to maintain what is to be displayed.While the programming to implement display of each type of “thing” per library is not as simple as I indicate it is neither excessively complex nor hard to maintain.
Plex just wants TOTAL control over the display of each and every user’s media and they want it to look EXACTLY the same on every system every user has. In the Plexiverse sameness is not only good it is the only way that is acceptable to the Plex demigods.
It seems that Plex is moving in the direction of uniformity and conformity. I do not know what the reason for this move on Plex’s part is for but it is a continuing theme in their development.
I do not see any move or trend to control what content is displayed or played just how it is displayed.
I understand a desire to present a uniform “Plex” face to the world but that can be done with a logo. It is not necessary for every app to look exactly the same and for everybody’s libraries to be presented to the users in exactly the same way. Each section in every library in EVERY interface should be able to be at least toggled on and off independent of any other settings.
Elijah literally took the words right out of my mouth. So I thought I’d quote him just to “say it again”. 
@Old-T said:
@Elijah_Baley said:
It is claimed that choice complicates the program unnecessarily but I don’t buy that. A properly designed program is easy to customize so that parts of what is displayed to the user is easy to turn on and off.
If DisplayRecentlyAdded(Library Number)==1 then { Code to display the section goes here }
Is NOT hard to implement nor is the code to maintain what is to be displayed.While the programming to implement display of each type of “thing” per library is not as simple as I indicate it is neither excessively complex nor hard to maintain.
Yes, easy to implement and easy to maintain but to test all different settings…
I work as a developer myself with a highly configurable product and I can tell you that the answer “well, we haven’t tested exactly that combination of settings but we have tested 800 other combinations and they work” does not satisfy a customer…
I don’t buy the complication by having these setting either. I’d argue even without seeing the source code that if done correctly this would simplify the code and logic used for the interface. If it were controlled on the server side this way it would actually simplify the clients as well and make the system configurable by the admin instead of the client owner.
I see a LOT of bugs get through that aren’t caught in regression testing (if done) that only affect certain clients and not others. A features works in a release, then doesn’t, then does, then doesn’t, etc… If much of this was controlled on the server (where it should be) then this could simplify much of the UI testing because bugs found on one client would often also be found in other clients as well since it’s the same underlying code used by all clients (info passed to the clients).
I’ve said similar things for years, that the client has too much control and the server and admin do not.
Carlo
Did you see the current top feature requests?
