# What is in "AppData\\Local\\Temp" Directory? **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [March 24, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-is-in-appdata-local-temp-directory/835525 "2023-03-24T05:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jandkgregory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jandkgregory](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jandkgregory)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-is-in-appdata-local-temp-directory/835525/1 "2023-03-24T05:10:56Z")
Server Version#:Most recent on Windows 2016 What is in the above folder that Plex needs? It is over 30GB, and PMS is the only thing running under this account. TIA jandk ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-is-in-appdata-local-temp-directory/835525/2 "2023-03-24T05:18:03Z")
it is used for various things but guessing it might be Credit Detection not cleaning up after itself properly. There is a fix for that in latest beta 1.31.3.6819 FIXES: - (CreditsDetection) Improve temporary directory clean-up (#14169) > [@Plex Media Server](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/565): > > Plex Media Server 1.31.3.6819 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. NEW: (MacOS) This is the last release to support MacOS 10.11-10.12 (Windows) This is the last release to support Windows 7-8.1 FIXES: (CreditsDetection) Improve temporary directory clean-up (#14169) (NativeSeriesScanner) Addressed an issue where certain filenames could falsely register as an episode range. (#14154) (Transcoder) Converting certain files could be unreliable when using Nvidia GPUs wi… ---
**Author:** ![jandkgregory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jandkgregory](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jandkgregory)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-is-in-appdata-local-temp-directory/835525/3 "2023-03-24T05:23:28Z")
I just took a peek. There were 500k thumbnails. Thousands were of a “5 hour energy” ad. This brought my server to its knees. Ouch. I’m deleting everything. I’ll check in a day or two and see if it builds up again. Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-is-in-appdata-local-temp-directory/835525/4 "2023-03-24T06:02:18Z")
In addition to the credit detection cleanup fix: [Why is my Plex Media Server directory so large?](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202529153-why-is-my-plex-media-server-directory-so-large/) [[HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-an-extended-guide-on-how-to-move-the-plex-data-folder-on-windows/197060) ---
**Author:** ![jandkgregory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jandkgregory](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jandkgregory)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-is-in-appdata-local-temp-directory/835525/5 "2023-03-24T13:51:48Z")
Thanks FordGuy. That directory is only 10gb, which I can handle. Overnight, Plex wrote 3gb of 40kb thumbnails into its temp directory. What a charming little glitch. I guess I’ll install the beta. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-is-in-appdata-local-temp-directory/835525/6 "2023-06-22T13:51:54Z")
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