Friendly server name?

[RobinD42 1]

Back to Emby after a long time away... It appears that the still documented "Friendly server name" field has been moved or removed from the general server settings UI. Does it no longer exist? Or is there some other way to use a name other than the host name of the server?

Thanks.

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[Lessaj 535]

On the dashboard, is this what you're referring to?

[RobinD42 1]

Ah, there it is. Thanks!

[Lessaj 535]

@sa2000This is the documentation page that was being referred to, it seems to imply that this option would be on the General tab since the rest of the settings on this page are relative to that tab. There's also a bullet that just says "This is another bullet" so I think this page could use a little update.  

https://emby.media/support/articles/Server-Settings.html

[RobinD42 1]

Yes, that's the one.

[sa2000 804]

On 21/07/2026 at 00:35, Lessaj said:

This is the documentation page that was being referred to, it seems to imply that this option would be on the General tab since the rest of the settings on this page are relative to that tab. There's also a bullet that just says "This is another bullet" so I think this page could use a little update.

Thanks for flagging this. I have re-written the article and the updated document is now online

Server Settings

[Lessaj 535]

6 minutes ago, sa2000 said:

Thanks for flagging this. I have re-written the article and the updated document is now online

Server Settings

Thank you for updating this! It was also good to get the new maintenance mode feature on that page. The only real suggestion I have at the moment is to move "Emby Server Folder Paths Information" to right after "Emby Server Friendly Name" and then follow it with "Emby Server Shutdown and Restart" so it flows more top-down left-right in alignment with the dashboard page. Currently it starts with the friendly server name, then jumps down to the URLs, then back up for shutdown/restart, then left for server paths. Purely a suggestion though, the information is still good as is.

[sa2000 804]

52 minutes ago, Lessaj said:

Thank you for updating this! It was also good to get the new maintenance mode feature on that page. The only real suggestion I have at the moment is to move "Emby Server Folder Paths Information" to right after "Emby Server Friendly Name" and then follow it with "Emby Server Shutdown and Restart" so it flows more top-down left-right in alignment with the dashboard page. Currently it starts with the friendly server name, then jumps down to the URLs, then back up for shutdown/restart, then left for server paths. Purely a suggestion though, the information is still good as is.

Done