What do all the symbols mean?

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Hi Guys,

I understand some of the symbols on the plex interface, but not all. Is there a spot on the website that explains the interface better, with maybe a picture and then a description of what everything means?

  • movie posters with an orange triangle in the top corner.
  • Movie posters with number over them
  • Small circle under movie

I know what some of these mean, and there are probably others, but I have not seen them, or can’t recall them immediately.

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The small circle under the movie and the orange triangle in the top corner are indicators for unwatched movies (it just depends on the “view”. So If you go to Movies the unwatched indicator is the small circle, if you’re at “Home” with On Deck, Tv Shows, recently added etc. the unwatched indicator is a triangle).

Movie posters with a number (usually a “2”) indicates a duplicate, meaning you have the same movie twice.

Edit: Why they use two different unwatched indicators i don’t understand either :smiley:

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I don’t know if it mentions every single symbol, but you might go through these Help pages.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/sections/200225647

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@kguarnotta said:
Hi Guys,

I understand some of the symbols on the plex interface, but not all. Is there a spot on the website that explains the interface better, with maybe a picture and then a description of what everything means?

  • movie posters with an orange triangle in the top corner.
    This means the Movie is unwatched
  • Movie posters with number over them
    This means you have multiple copies of that film
  • Small circle under movie
    I haven’t seen this one
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From the above image, looking at the Recently Added TV the orange square with number in it indicated there are multiple unwatched episodes, the orange triangle indicates an unwatched episode. Further, looking at the Recently Added Movies, the orange triangle indicates an unwatched film, and the blue square with the number indicates there are multiple copies of the film.

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The small circle under the movie cover is another way of showing unwatched movies. This is visible when “Show Unwatched Icons” is activated/checked in the Plex Web Settings menu. The dashboard always shows a triangle.

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Thanks for all the help. I guess I wonder why that info is not somewhere on the intro to plex page? https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/sections/200225647

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