Connect a Player App to Your Plex Account
When using a Plex player (e.g. client) app, the first thing you’ll usually do is to connect it to your Plex account. Connecting or linking your app signs it in to your Plex account, which has multiple benefits, including:
- Help Plex apps locate and connect with an owned or shared Plex Media Server
- Many Plex apps (such as PlayStation, Smart TVs, and Xbox) will only work when both the app and server are signed in
- Allows player apps to connect securely to a Plex Media Server that’s also signed in
- Make use of Plex Pass subscription features, if you’re a subscriber
- Access your server when away from home (if you’ve successfully enabled Remote Access for your server)
- Access shared content from family or friends
The way you connect an app to your account can vary, depending on which app you’re using.
Sign in Directly with Email/Google/Facebook/Apple
Apps where you can easily type things (e.g. mobile apps, the web app, and our website) will allow you to directly sign in to your Plex account. You can use any of the standard sign-in methods for a Plex account:
- Email (or username) and Plex account password
- Google Login
- Facebook Login
- Sign in with Apple
Connect to Your Account Using a Link Code
Our big screen apps (such as Android TV, Apple TV, smart TVs, etc.) generally allow you to connect the app to your account by way of a 4-character link code. This allows you to connect to your account without having to laboriously enter login credentials via an on-screen keyboard or similar.
- The first thing you’ll generally see is an information screen, giving a little info about Plex and telling you where to sign up to create an account, if you don’t have one already. Assuming you do have an account, you can choose the Sign In button.
- You’ll be presented with a 4-character code, which is what you’ll use to connect the app with your Plex account. On some platforms you can also scan a QR code with your smart phone/tablet camera app to take you to the correct web page.
- In your browser on your desktop or mobile device, go to https://plex.tv/link and ensure that you’re signed into the appropriate Plex account.
- Enter the 4-character code and submit.
- After the code is submitted, your player app will refresh itself a few seconds later and be linked with your account.
Related Page: plex.tv/link
Share this
Was this article helpful?
You’ve already provided feedback for this article, thank you for helping us improve our articles. Thank you for helping us improve our articles. Thank you for helping us improve our articles! We’ll take it from here. You’ve already provided feedback for this article, thank you. Looks like you already left that comment.
To vote if this article was helpful, please sign in with your plex account.
Plex.tv/link как ввести код с телевизора
You seem to be lost.
Please wait while we redirect you .
If you’re not automatically redirected, please click here.
We value your privacy.
Plex and our partners use standard Web technologies, such as browser cookies, which may be necessary to make our site work and enable core functionality, such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but note that it may affect how our site functions.
We’d also like to enable analytics cookies, optional to you, to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it; we specifically use Google and Facebook analytics to derive insights about who is doing what on our site and to help us improve your experience. We won’t set these optional cookies unless you agree to and enable them. This tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences once you have accepted.
We value your privacy.
Plex and our partners use standard Web technologies, such as browser cookies, which may be necessary to make our site work and enable core functionality, such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but note that it may affect how our site functions.
We’d also like to enable analytics cookies, optional to you, to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it; we specifically use Google and Facebook analytics to derive insights about who is doing what on our site and to help us improve your experience. We won’t set these optional cookies unless you agree to and enable them. This tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences once you have accepted.
Plex’s use of cookies
Necessary cookies make our site work. We’d also like to enable analytics cookies, optional to you, to help us improve the site and your experience. This tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences once you have accepted. You can change your mind and change your consent choices at any time by returning to this site.
For more information on how these cookies work please see our Tracking Technologies page.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality on our site, such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but it may affect how the site functions.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it; we specifically use Google analytics to derive insights about who is doing what on our site. These cookies collect information anonymously.
Third Party Cookies
Third-party cookies enable us to correctly attribute traffic driven to our site; specifically, we use Facebook cookies to measure performance of Facebook campaigns, as well as cookies from Commission Junction, which help us see traffic directed to our site by affiliates we work with in marketing.
Plex.tv/link как ввести код с телевизора
You seem to be lost.
Please wait while we redirect you .
If you’re not automatically redirected, please click here.
We value your privacy.
Plex and our partners use standard Web technologies, such as browser cookies, which may be necessary to make our site work and enable core functionality, such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but note that it may affect how our site functions.
We’d also like to enable analytics cookies, optional to you, to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it; we specifically use Google and Facebook analytics to derive insights about who is doing what on our site and to help us improve your experience. We won’t set these optional cookies unless you agree to and enable them. This tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences once you have accepted.
We value your privacy.
Plex and our partners use standard Web technologies, such as browser cookies, which may be necessary to make our site work and enable core functionality, such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but note that it may affect how our site functions.
We’d also like to enable analytics cookies, optional to you, to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it; we specifically use Google and Facebook analytics to derive insights about who is doing what on our site and to help us improve your experience. We won’t set these optional cookies unless you agree to and enable them. This tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences once you have accepted.
Plex’s use of cookies
Necessary cookies make our site work. We’d also like to enable analytics cookies, optional to you, to help us improve the site and your experience. This tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences once you have accepted. You can change your mind and change your consent choices at any time by returning to this site.
For more information on how these cookies work please see our Tracking Technologies page.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality on our site, such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but it may affect how the site functions.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it; we specifically use Google analytics to derive insights about who is doing what on our site. These cookies collect information anonymously.
Third Party Cookies
Third-party cookies enable us to correctly attribute traffic driven to our site; specifically, we use Facebook cookies to measure performance of Facebook campaigns, as well as cookies from Commission Junction, which help us see traffic directed to our site by affiliates we work with in marketing.
При подготовке материала использовались источники:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/203395277-connect-app-to-your-plex-account/
https://www.plex.tv/link-alt/
https://www.plex.tv/en-gb/link-alt/