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greerc
Jan 19, 2026Aspirant
Totally remove Plex?
I know that I can reinstall Plex. but what happens if I totally remove it? Then I can cleanly install it and any flags do not show up. It just trys to launch and fails, with the error that' 192.1...
StephenB
Jan 19, 2026Guru - Experienced User
greerc wrote:(192.168.x.x is my NAS address).
FYI, 192.168.x.x addresses are private (not routable over the internet), so you can safely post them.
See this post:
- https://community.netgear.com/discussions/readynas-current-apps-add-ons/plex-is-failing-to-initialize-with-error-22002010000-on-latest-version-on-readyn/1010920/replies/1011729
You might also want to look at this post, in order to get more info on how to find the pid file that you need to delete.
- https://community.netgear.com/discussions/readynas-current-apps-add-ons/can%E2%80%99t-uninstall-plex-app-which-has-error-2200201000/2136292/replies/2160061
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