Watchlist Exclusions

Prevent specific watchlist items from being routed to Sonarr and Radarr, allowing you to control which content gets added to your library.

Quick Setup

1. Navigate to Utilities → Watchlist Exclusions
2. Find the item you want to exclude using search or filters
3. Click Exclude on the item to block it from being added to Sonarr/Radarr
4. Click Unexclude to unblock it

How It Works

When a user adds something to their Plex watchlist, the sync engine normally routes it to Sonarr or Radarr. An exclusion is a per-user veto on that routing for a specific item — the sync engine sees the item, checks for an exclusion, and skips it if one exists.

Common reasons to use this:

• You don't want a title auto-requested even though a user has it watchlisted (e.g. content you've chosen not to host)
• Prevent re-request loops after Delete Sync — when content is removed but stays on a user's watchlist, an exclusion stops the next sync from re-requesting it

Exclusions clear automatically when the user removes the item from their Plex watchlist, so re-adding it later works normally.

Interaction with Delete Sync

Excluded items are treated as unwatchlisted by Delete Sync. If you exclude something that's already in Sonarr/Radarr, the next Delete Sync run will remove it from your library.

Page Features

The Watchlist Exclusions page shows all users' watchlist items in a sortable, filterable table:

Feature	Description
Search	Filter items by title
User Filter	Show items for specific users
Type Filter	Filter by Movie or Show
Sorting	Sort by title, status, or date added (default: newest first)

Best Practices

• Prefer excluding over asking users to remove items from their watchlists — the exclusion approach lets the item stay watchlisted (so they can still see it in Plex) without triggering a request
• Exclusions are per-user. If you want to block something across everyone, you'll need to exclude it for each user

Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
Item still being requested	Verify the exclusion exists for the correct user; check sync engine logs
Exclusion disappeared	User likely removed the item from their Plex watchlist, which clears exclusions automatically
Item not showing in table	Item may not be on any user's watchlist; check Plex watchlist status

API Reference

See the Watchlist Exclusions API documentation for detailed endpoint information.