Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492 (stable) I was noticing that my Windows 11 desktop C drive was starting to have a lot of space used up so I decided to take a look…I found that under Users/<myuser>/AppData/Local/Plex Media Server/Media/localhost/ there were a lot of folders which had indexes of some s…

Why is my Plex Media Server directory so large? Advanced, Hidden Server Settings [HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows [image] Stormdragon: Is this expected/normal? Yes. Plex stores metadata, thumbnails, artwork, etc. in the Plex Data Folder . The Plex …

From the (brief) time I tried Plex on Windows for testing, the server configuration and metadata was in a folder in appdata. So all metadata, posters, backgrounds, thumbnails and so forth were in there. Video Preview thumbnails are known to be a big space hog, too. I recall when I uninstalled Plex …

Thanks to both of you for all of the great info :slight_smile: I was considering to move the Plex data from my C drive (~40 GB remaining) to one of my SSDs (~2 TB remaining) as they have a lot more space (as per one of the links provided above) but I was curious about something… I currently have 3…

[image] Stormdragon: If I were to move my Plex data over to M, would the backups to P potentially cause any data corruption? Yes, unfortunately, that will likely happen. You will either need to create a custom profile for your backup software, which doesn’t copy the database files in use (…

Hi @OttoKerner I do have the ability to exclude folders/files for the backups but I wonder if it should be the whole Plex Media Server directory or specific files? Would the files just be the following… com.plexapp.plugins.library.db com.plexapp.plugins.library.db-shm com.plexapp.plugins.library.…

[image] Stormdragon: or would there be others I should consider? Also: com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db

Just make sure that your external drives never swap their drive letters. Unless you have manually assigned the letters, this can happen far too easily.

I have them manually assigned… This way if my M drive ever dies I then unplug it and manually change my P drive to be my M drive and things continue to chug along.

Why is Plex using up so much space in AppData?

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Stormdragon April 7, 2026, 3:32pm 9

I went through the steps in [HowTo] An extended guide on how to move the Plex data folder on Windows

It took about 30-40 minutes and everything is working as expected on the first go…thanks very much everyone

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Why is Plex using up so much space in AppData?

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