# Duplicate plays will be removed starting Monday July 1, 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [June 28, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896 "2024-06-28T18:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/justin/32/57447_2.png) [@justin](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/justin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/1 "2024-06-28T18:05:36Z")
On Monday July 1, 2024 we’ll release some backend updates that will remove duplicate plays on all Trakt accounts. Any movie or episode plays with the exact same watched date and time will be combined into a single entry. The duplicates are typically created by media center apps (sometimes mobile apps) and is a bug with those apps not correctly verifying your watched history before syncing. Sometimes the apps sync and re-sync the same data over an over, which created all these duplicates. > **UPDATE** > _July 1 11:15am PST_ > > This change is now live. The new de-duplicated data might be a bit slow while it reads in. > > If you have any specific issues, please DM [@support](https://forums.trakt.tv/groups/support) or email [support@trakt.tv](mailto:support@trakt.tv) and we can look into your account specifically. **Will this affect my stats?** Yes, it could. When duplicates are removed, the play count and total time watched will reduce. **What about multiple plays with different watched dates?** Multiple plays in general are fine and won’t be affected. Only plays with the exact date and time are removed and combined to a single play. **But I want to keep all my duplicates!** There isn’t a valid reason for allowing plays with the same watched date and time. You can only realistically watch a movie or episode once at a specific date and time. **Why are you doing this?** This will greatly improve the data accuracy on your accounts, and reduce the data size behind the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![hexpresso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/hexpresso/32/41090_2.png) [@hexpresso](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/hexpresso)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/2 "2024-06-28T18:24:13Z")
A welcome change! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Culp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/jordan_culp/32/54951_2.png) [@Jordan\_Culp](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Jordan_Culp)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/3 "2024-06-28T18:25:35Z")
I love this! I think there will be a small amount of folks that don’t because they may have in fact watching an episode or film twice in a day. But a vast majority fall into the error category. I have always looked at the history of other users and been annoyed to see the same item played over and over on the same day. Question, if there was a major uproar, could this be reversed by you? ---
**Author:** ![caperclaw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/caperclaw/32/49920_2.png) [@caperclaw](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/caperclaw)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/4 "2024-06-28T18:26:35Z")
Ah I love it! One less things for me to clean up! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Zerino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/zerino/32/55826_2.png) [@Zerino](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Zerino)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/5 "2024-06-28T18:26:39Z")
Great! Not sure if I have duplicates right now but I remember that happened a few times! Nice change, thank you ---
**Author:** ![justin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/justin/32/57447_2.png) [@justin](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/justin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/6 "2024-06-28T18:27:24Z")
> [@Jordan\_Culp](#): > > because they may have in fact watching an episode or film twice in a day This is actually ok and still allowed to watch the same item throughout the day. The duplicates being remove are only if the watched date is exactly the same. ---
**Author:** ![cyruz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/cyruz/32/28402_2.png) [@cyruz](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/cyruz)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/7 "2024-06-28T18:49:29Z")
Hi. I have a question: By _episode plays with the exact same watched date_, you are referring to the **same episodes** , correct? Sometimes, I batch-update episodes of a TV show when I’m done watching 2 or 3 of them. So they would all have the same time stamp, but they’d be different episodes. These are safe, I assume? That’s probably a stupid question, but I thought I’d ask anyway. I have to go back and fix some movies now, because I sometimes also add movie plays in batches when I rewatch classic movies I’ve seen before but haven’t added yet. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![justin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/justin/32/57447_2.png) [@justin](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/justin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/8 "2024-06-28T19:14:23Z")
> [@cyruz](#): > > By _episode plays with the exact same watched date_, you are referring to the **same episodes** , correct? Yes, same episode/movie with the same timestamp. ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/ava_lukas/32/14938_2.png) [@Ava\_Lukas](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Ava_Lukas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/9 "2024-06-28T19:47:13Z")
Is this a one-time cleanup of the duplicates or will they be prevented from now on when they are created? ---
**Author:** ![justin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/justin/32/57447_2.png) [@justin](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/justin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/12 "2024-06-28T20:21:47Z")
> [@Ava\_Lukas](#): > > Is this a one-time cleanup of the duplicates or will they be prevented from now on when they are created? They will be prevented moving forward as well. > [@rodolfonb](#): > > Have you considered the case in which the person could have used the “Release date” to mark as watched more than once? The release date will be the same but in this case it would be deliberate and an actual replay. We did consider that, but it’s not common. Preventing the duplicates in general is more important than that edge case unfortunately. > [@changnoi](#): > > clarify that it is only plays with the same date AND time! Good point, I will clarify “watched date” means the exact date and time. ---
**Author:** ![Revenir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/revenir/32/56144_2.png) [@Revenir](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Revenir)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/13 "2024-06-28T20:36:08Z")
I love this idea, like someone else mentioned, less clean up for me! ---
**Author:** ![CraftyCanine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/craftycanine/32/14945_2.png) [@CraftyCanine](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/CraftyCanine)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/14 "2024-06-28T23:07:35Z")
The only reason I could think of that this might not be desired is that the app allows you to manually set a time. If somebody wanted to set 2 watches and was lazy and didn’t set the time to 2 different times, one would get removed. Definitely a niche use case though. Can’t see it strongly affecting anyone. ---
**Author:** ![childofkorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/childofkorm/32/14946_2.png) [@childofkorm](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/childofkorm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/15 "2024-06-29T07:04:44Z")
Absolutely horrible idea and what’s worse is, we have no control over this or what happens to our data. Looks like I will need to find a new place to trakt my media ☹ ---
**Author:** ![helinus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/helinus/32/19990_2.png) [@helinus](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/helinus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/16 "2024-06-29T07:33:10Z")
You might have misunderstood, they will only remove tracked duplicate watches of the same item with the exact same date- AND timestamp. Please give an example where you need to track when you watch multiple streams of the same movie at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![childofkorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/childofkorm/32/14946_2.png) [@childofkorm](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/childofkorm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/17 "2024-06-29T07:51:44Z")
I’m aware of how it’s going to be implemented. I have quite a few shows/movies that are marked watched via release date. If I’m unsure of previous watch dates/times, then I will just use “release date” as a marker. ---
**Author:** ![helinus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/helinus/32/19990_2.png) [@helinus](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/helinus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/18 "2024-06-29T08:20:33Z")
Okay, but what is the value in knowing how many times you’ve watched something when you don’t know when you saw it last? And how can you be sure how many times you’ve watched something if you don’t remember when you’ve watched it? A lot of the other stats are messed up when items are marked as watched multiple times with the same timestamp. ---
**Author:** ![Ohifriend](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/ohifriend/32/54920_2.png) [@Ohifriend](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Ohifriend)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/21 "2024-07-01T01:54:23Z")
Perhaps if you haven’t already got a backup of your data ([https://trakt.tv/settings/backups](https://trakt.tv/settings/backups)) or a manual csv export (via [https://trakt.tv/users/me/history](https://trakt.tv/users/me/history)) you can get a version of your history with those duplicates and add the ones you care about back at some point with some different dates to keep your play counts, using an import tool of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![childofkorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/childofkorm/32/14946_2.png) [@childofkorm](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/childofkorm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/23 "2024-07-01T06:49:59Z")
No way am I going though the huge amount of views I have , trying to fix this. I’ve gone ahead and cancelled my VIP and I’m in the process of exporting everything. ---
**Author:** ![VitoRodrigues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/vitorodrigues/32/15005_2.png) [@VitoRodrigues](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/VitoRodrigues)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/24 "2024-07-01T09:39:05Z")
I have to say, I’m agree with childofkorm on this one. I have a lot of movies and a couple of tv shows I watched twice or more that I simply marked on release date because I simply don’t know when it was. It’s important for me to know which ones I watched more than once or not. Perhaps an exception rule that makes the “wipe” not apply to release date option? I understand the implementation, but I think it’s going to affect (negatively) more people than expected. Me included. ---
**Author:** ![justin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/justin/32/57447_2.png) [@justin](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/justin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896/27 "2024-07-01T18:12:55Z")
This change is now live. The new de-duplicated data might be a bit slow while it reads in. If you have any specific issues, please DM [@support](https://forums.trakt.tv/groups/support) or email [support@trakt.tv](mailto:support@trakt.tv) and we can look into your account specifically. [Next page](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/duplicate-plays-will-be-removed-starting-monday-july-1-2024/19896.md?page=2)