Stop Clean Old Cache Files Task

There are a number of tasks that can be scheduled to run on a Plex server. This API command will stop the clean old cache files task.

URL

DELETE http://[IP address]:32400/butler/CleanOldCacheFiles?X-Plex-Token=[PlexToken]

Parameters

NameDescription
IP addressThe IP address of the Plex Media server.
PlexTokenThe authentication Plex token.

Return Status

HTTP CodeDescription
200Success - The task has stopped successfully.
401Unauthorized - The Plex token provided was not valid.
404Not Found - The task is not currently running.

Response

No response is returned by the command. The status code will indicate whether the clean old cache files task was stopped successfully.

Examples

Example 1

Stops the clean old cache files scheduled task on the Plex Media Server located at the IP address of 192.168.1.4:

DELETE http://192.168.1.4:32400/butler/CleanOldCacheFiles?X-Plex-Token=L6vkd7JtLHjsH5987vYY