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| ====== What do I do if my database is corrupted? ====== | ====== What do I do if my Zotero database is corrupted? ====== |
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| Zotero stores your information in a database file, zotero.sqlite, in the [[:zotero_data|Zotero data directory]]. If the database becomes corrupted, Zotero may no longer be able to start up, or certain operations might fail. | Zotero stores your information in a database file, zotero.sqlite, in the [[:zotero_data|Zotero data directory]]. If the database becomes corrupted, Zotero may no longer be able to start up, or certain operations might fail. |
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| Alternatively, if you were using Zotero syncing and your data is all online, you can just delete the zotero.sqlite file (or move it somewhere temporarily for backup) with Zotero closed and then reopen Zotero and sync to pull down your library. You can also safely restore to an earlier, uncorrupted version of your database, and Zotero will simply pull down changes since the last time you used that database, without needing to redownload your entire library. | Alternatively, if you were using Zotero syncing and your data is all online, you can just delete the zotero.sqlite file (or move it somewhere temporarily for backup) with Zotero closed and then reopen Zotero and sync to pull down your library. You can also safely restore to an earlier, uncorrupted version of your database, and Zotero will simply pull down changes since the last time you used that database, without needing to redownload your entire library. |
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