Undo Last Sync

juliam0394
Hello, is there a way to undo the last sync?
  • dstillman
    No, but depending on what you did, you can likely restore from one of the automatic backups that Zotero makes.
  • juliam0394
    Hello, thanks for the answer.

    English is not my native language, but I try to explain what I had done.

    I hadn't synced my library for a few weeks, so I had disconnected my account in Settings.

    Yesterday I wanted to synchronize again and started it manually.

    Unfortunately, after the synchronization, most of my books and notes were deleted.

    Before the dubbing I had 370 books, after that I had 150.

    I immediately stopped and disconnected the sync.

    I now have 4 sqlite files

    Saved with/after the wrong synchronization

    zotero.sqlite
    zotero.sqlite-journal

    Saved without/before the incorrect synchronization

    zotero.sqlite.1.bak
    zotero.sqlite.bak


    How can I do the backup now? Unfortunately my English is bad and I'm afraid I'll mess things up even more.

    What do I have to do to upload the backup?

    Thanks you very much.
  • dstillman
    First, to be clear, data would only be deleted on sync if you (or someone else with access to your library, such as on a shared computer) deleted it. Zotero only syncs explicit deletions.

    But you should be able to restore from one of the .bak files. You should follow the steps in the section I linked to.
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