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| ====== Zotero Sync Reset Options ====== | ====== Zotero Sync Reset Options ====== |
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| **The following operations are for use only in rare, specific situations and are not necessary during normal usage or for general troubleshooting. In many cases, resetting will cause additional problems. If you're not sure what these options do, please ask for help on the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]] before using them.** | This page documents the special sync operations available from the Sync → Reset pane of the Zotero preferences. |
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| **Before using any options on this page, make sure to first [[:zotero_data#backing_up_your_zotero_library|back up your Zotero library]].** | **Please note:** These operations are for use only in rare, specific situations and are not necessary during normal usage or for general troubleshooting. In many cases, resetting will cause additional problems. If you're not sure what these options do, please ask for help on the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]] before using them. |
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| | Before using any options on this page, make sure to first [[:zotero_data#backing_up_your_zotero_library|back up your Zotero library]]. |
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| ===== Replace Online Library ===== | ===== Replace Online Library ===== |
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| "Replace Online Library", available from the Sync → Reset pane of the Zotero preferences, allows you to overwrite an online Zotero library with data from your local Zotero database. This can be useful if you've made unwanted changes to a Zotero library locally and those changes have already synced to the online library, or if unwanted changes were made on another computer and uploaded to the online library but those changes haven't yet been synced to your current computer. | "Replace Online Library" allows you to overwrite an online Zotero library with data from your local Zotero database. This can be useful if you've made unwanted changes to a Zotero library locally and those changes have already synced to the online library, or if unwanted changes were made on another computer and uploaded to the online library but those changes haven't yet been synced to your current computer. |
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| Note that "Replace Online Library" is only necessary when you want to undo changes already applied to the online library. It isn't necessary if you've simply made changes locally that you want to sync. For example, if the online library is empty and you add many items locally, those items will automatically be uploaded — the local items won't be deleted simply because they don't exist in the online library. Similarly, if you delete many items locally, those deletions will automatically be synced to the online library without your needing to take any special action. | Note that "Replace Online Library" is only necessary when you want to undo changes already applied to the online library. It isn't necessary if you've simply made changes locally that you want to sync. For example, if the online library is empty and you add many items locally, those items will automatically be uploaded — the local items won't be deleted simply because they don't exist in the online library. Similarly, if you delete many items locally, those deletions will automatically be synced to the online library without your needing to take any special action. |
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