Your Plex Media Server keeps track of what you’re watching, what you’ve watched already, and what you’re partway through. The server does this automatically but sometimes you might like to set the watched state manually. The watched state tracks if a show is:
- Watched
- Unwatched
- Partially watched and how far you are into the item
Watch state data can also be synced with your account for Movie and TV libraries.
Related Page: Sync Watch State and Ratings
Choose How Watched Indicators Are Displayed
Personal Media
You can hide these indicators (the checkmark and unwatched counts) on certain pages, such as the library view, if you like. The setting to control that is located under the Account or Experience section of the app settings (depending on the particular app used). The Watched Indicators for Personal Media setting is account-level (it applies to all Plex apps signed in to the same Plex account) and has the following options available:
- Movies & TV Shows (default)
- Movies
- TV Shows
- None
Note: When viewing the detail page for a series or season, you’ll still see a checkmark on watched items, even if you’ve chosen “Movies” or “None” for your setting.
Free “Movies & Shows” / Discover
The watched checkmark will not be displayed on posters from Plex’s free, on-demand Movies & Shows catalog or for Discover items, except for seasons / episodes under a series detail page. The previously-noted account setting is only applicable to personal media and does not apply here.
Seeing the Watched Indicators
Depending on your settings, the information may not be displayed everywhere.
Watched
When viewing the details or pre-play page for a watched item, an “watched” label will be displayed beneath the poster.
On TV clients it will be displayed below the title
A small check mark will be displayed in the top right corner of the poster for watched items when viewing a library.
Related Page: Plex Web App Settings
Unwatched
For movies and individual episodes content that has not been watched does not have any particular indicator. Instead, the lack of a progress bar or a watched label indicates that the item has not been watched.
For TV, if looking at a show or season poster, then it will display the number of unwatched episodes.
Partially Watched
Partially-watched content will display a visual progress bar at the bottom when viewing the item poster.
When viewing the details or pre-play page on devices that display a poster, a visual progress bar will be displayed on the item. The Play button will also be relabeled to “Resume”
On TV clients the button will display as “Resume” and there will be a time remaining indicator below the title
Related Page: Viewing Item Details
Changing the Watched Status
The watched status for something can be changed from the item details page or pre-play screen. The watch state can be adjusted for:
- Individual items (movies or television episodes)
- An entire season for a television series
- An entire television series
The status is changed from the top actionbar of the item details page using the 
button or via the contextual options menu (the button with three dots) for any given item.
Related Page: Viewing Item Details
Changing the Status for Multiple Items
When viewing a library in the web app, you can select multiple items at the same time by hovering the pointer over an item and select the circle in the top left corner of the poster. You can then click on additional selection indicators or SHIFT-click to select a range of items. Once selected, you can simultaneously mark the items as either watched or unwatched using the “Toggle watched” button on the top actionbar.
Related Page: Using the Library View
Television Series or Season
In a television Library, you can access the actions to alter the watch state on the top actionbar at both the series and season level as well as for individual episodes. If you try to set the status for either an entire series or a season, you’ll be prompted to confirm you wish to change multiple items.
Related Page: Viewing Item Details