An all-in-one media manager and profanity filter for Plex.

It reads the subtitles to learn when each word is said, and lines them up with the audio. No subtitles, or a word they left out? It can listen to the audio itself, right on your server; nothing is uploaded. Smart mute silences just the word when it's sure of the timing, and a little more when it isn't. No filter is perfect, so there's a Report a word we missed button, and you can add your own words.

CleanCut only changes the copies on your own server, for your own household, and never uploads the cleaned versions anywhere. It keeps the original audio inside each file, so you can switch back any time. No download sources are included or enabled by default. Like Plex itself, you're responsible for what you download and add: make sure you have the right to every movie and show.

CleanCut mutes words in English-language movies and shows. It doesn't cut scenes. Instead, your age limit keeps anything rated above it off your kids' profiles, even after cleaning.

Yes, that's the first choice in setup. Pick the movie and TV folders your Plex already uses, in setup or later in Settings. CleanCut rewrites those files in place to add the clean audio track, and the original audio stays inside each file as a backup track. As with anything that changes your files, back up anything irreplaceable first.

No. If you can install an app from your server's app store (CasaOS, ZimaOS, Unraid, Synology or TrueNAS), you can set up CleanCut. A step-by-step guide walks you through the rest, and a one-click check-up tells you if anything needs fixing. On a server that already runs CasaOS or ZimaOS and Plex, it takes about ten minutes.

Yes. Using CleanCut never needs a terminal (a window where you type commands): everything happens in your web browser, with buttons and plain-English steps. The install guide starts from nothing and explains every technical word. CasaOS and ZimaOS are free home screens for your server that work like an app store. Some home servers, such as ZimaBoard, come with one already. If yours doesn't, the install guide shows the easiest way to add one. A Mac with Apple silicon can run CleanCut in the free Docker Desktop app too, and so can a Windows PC (Windows is in early access while we test it on more computers).

Plex is a free app that turns the movies on your server into your own streaming service on every TV, phone and tablet. It's separate from CleanCut: CleanCut cleans the titles, and your family watches them in Plex. If you don't have Plex yet, the install guide shows how to add it.

A computer that stays on at home (a Raspberry Pi 5, mini-PC, NAS or home server), a big drive for your movies, and Plex. On CasaOS or ZimaOS you add the CleanCut store once and install from there; on Unraid, Synology, TrueNAS or QNAP you paste one file. Watching in Plex is free. Limiting kid profiles to clean titles uses Plex's label restrictions, which need Plex Pass (Plex's paid plan) on the account that owns your Plex server. Watching away from home needs Plex Pass or Plex's Remote Watch Pass.

Not to clean the movies and shows already on your Plex. If you also let CleanCut find and download new titles, a VPN is recommended: it keeps your family's home internet address private. It's a paid service from another company; CleanCut works with any that supports WireGuard or OpenVPN.

Yes, with CleanCut Suite, if you want it to. It's an all-in-one media manager, like Radarr, Sonarr and a download client in one app, and it works with sources you add yourself. No sources are included or enabled by default: in Settings, under Search sites, you add the ones you have permission to use, one at a time, and you're responsible for what you download. Many families skip this and only clean what they already have, and CleanCut Cleaner is made for them.

Both mute the swearing in the movies and shows on your Plex, clean the subtitles, label clean titles Kid Safe, and keep titles above your age limit off kid profiles, with your own word lists, stats and backups. CleanCut Cleaner ($2.99 once) does exactly that for the movies and shows you already have, and needs no VPN. CleanCut Suite ($5.99 once) is the all-in-one: it adds a media manager that finds and adds new movies and shows from sources you add yourself, a request page for your kids, and an optional built-in VPN with a kill switch.

Yes, any time, for just the difference ($3). Paste your Cleaner key on the upgrade page and your Suite key is emailed to you. Everything you've set up stays as it is.

Yes. CleanCut's dashboard works in your phone's web browser at home. Away from home, the free Tailscale app connects your phone to your server privately. Phone apps such as Helmarr (iPhone and iPad) and nzb360 (Android) can connect too. The phone guide covers every step.

Tailscale is an app, free for personal use, that makes a private, encrypted link between your own devices, so your phone can reach your server from anywhere as if you were at home. There are no router changes and nothing on your home network is opened to the internet. Only devices signed in to your own Tailscale account can connect, and CleanCut still asks for your parent password.

Yes. Install it free: 3 movies and 10 TV episodes are cleaned with every feature, finding and downloading included, with no time limit and no card. Then buy the edition that fits.

No. Only the moments with a bad word are silenced, and the original audio is kept inside the file as a backup track. Cleaning never touches the picture. Very large downloads can be shrunk in the background to save space, and the new copy is kept only if it looks the same. You can switch that off, and it starts off for folders you already had.

For new buyers, yes. $2.99 and $5.99 are launch prices, and the price will go up as we add more features and big improvements. If you've already bought, nothing changes: your license never expires and updates stay free.

One household, forever, with free updates. Move it to a new server any time with the same key. Bought CleanCut before there were two editions? Your key is a Suite key.

No. CleanCut Cleaner is $2.99 once and CleanCut Suite is $5.99 once. There's no CleanCut subscription and no account, and we never see what you watch: your license is checked on your own server, and nothing is sent to us. Plex Pass, and anything else you choose to add, are separate services from other companies.

You're covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee. If CleanCut won't run on your server, or doesn't do what this page says, email ethen@harrelsons.org within 30 days and we'll refund you in full. The refunds page has the details.