# "Your changes could not be saved" when adding/ editing/ deleting library paths **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [December 18, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/your-changes-could-not-be-saved-when-adding-editing-deleting-library-paths/934643 "2025-12-18T22:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/your-changes-could-not-be-saved-when-adding-editing-deleting-library-paths/934643/2 "2025-12-18T23:49:33Z")
PMS easily copes with path changes. > [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/19): > > Moving your media and keeping the metadata - The TL;DR This Tip / How-To, while tagged for Linux, is applicable to all PMS platforms. Preparation Turn off “Empty Trash after Library Scan” Turn off “Automatically Update my Library” Move your media Make any configuration changes or physical media file moving you need to. When you are done, proceed with the actual PMS configuration change Updating your PMS configruation Edit each library section - Folders - ADD the new location. DO NOT E… * * * Changes cannot be saved: 1. Check overall path length. Limit is 40K bytes 2. Make certain DNS and gateway working correctly on the new host. 3. Directory permissions 755, files 644. ```auto find /media/dir/1 /media/dir/2 -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; find /media/dir/1 /media/dir/2 -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; ``` You can add as many top-level directories as you need You can also apply this to the Plex directory (where your server metadata is) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/your-changes-could-not-be-saved-when-adding-editing-deleting-library-paths/934643)._