How to Add Plex Guest User Account

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Published on October 14, 2017 2:46:32 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTWMbkcrcs

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This video walks you through how to add a guest user account to Plex Media Server. Additionally, this video shows you how to share content with a guest user.

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Video Transcript:
Hi. I'm Max Dalton, and in this video I'm going to talk through how to add a guest user account to Plex Media Server.

Enabling a Plex guest account makes it possible for anyone accessing your Plex Media Server to access the libraries on that media server you decide to share without having to set up individual accounts for them. It's important to note that you can only share an entire library and not an individual file, so if there are specific pieces of content within a library you want to share, you'll want to explore moving that piece of content into its own library, and then sharing that library with the guest account.

Steps to Create Plex Guest User Account
1. Launch the Plex Media Server application. Log in to your Plex account if prompted.

2. Click the "Settings" icon in the upper right corner of the screen. The Settings icon features a wrench and a screwdriver laid over each other in the shape of an X. The Settings screen appears.

3. Click "Users" in the menu along the top of the Settings screen. The Users options appear on the lower part of the screen.

4. Click the gray "Enable Guest" button toward the top part of the screen. If you don't have a PIN associated with your account, you'll be prompted to create one. Enter a 4-digit PIN and then click "Save" if prompted. You'll return to the screen displaying user accounts, where you'll now see a Guest User account. You have now successfully created a Guest User account on your Plex Media Server.

5. Click the "Edit" icon in the upper right corner of the Guest User icon. The Edit icon looks like a pencil. A Guest dialog box opens.

6. Click the name of the server beneath My Servers that you want to share content from. The media libraries on that server appear on the right side of your screen.

7. Click to place a check in the box to the left of any libraries you want to share with the guest account.

8. Click "Restrictions" beneath My Servers on the left side of the screen. Work through the options on the right side of the screen. For example, you can choose whether or not to allow users to sync content, upload photos to your server, give them access to channels, put restrictions on movie ratings or TV shows, and more. Click the orange "Save Changes" button. You'll return to the Users screen, where you'll see a notice that you're sharing two libraries with the Guest User account.