Version - 2.5.10 OS - Linux (App Image) Sync target - File system (Another disk). Yesterday, Joplin said the Sync had a issue and asked me to to disable 'fail safe'. Today, I disabled 'Fail safe' and when I came back to my notes, there were literally NONE! Everything was gone. I thought it woul…

The below pic shows all the files in my Sync target. But I'm unable to locate any of files in that location. [Joplin] For reference, the below is where Joplin installed/default location. [Jop 2] Will I be able to recover my notes from anywhere ?

You might find this thread helpful. In your case, the sync files might still exist on the sync target. [image] Oops....I deleted files Support Running Joplin on Ubuntu 20.10 on a workstation. I'm working remotely, away from my usual Synology drive sync source. So I was …

[image] imhere: Yesterday, Joplin said the Sync had a issue and asked me to to disable 'fail safe'. I suspect you might be quoting this incorrectly (the wording is along the lines of "...100% of your data is about to be deleted". The fail safe is there to protect your data in case something …

[image] Daeraxa: I suspect you might be quoting this incorrectly (the wording is along the lines of "...100% of your data is about to be deleted". Yea, that's what it said. I don't remember the error message. I still do not understand what just happened to it. [image] imhere: The below …

[image] CalebJohn: You might find this thread helpful. In your case, the sync files might still exist on the sync target. Thanks. I went to the .config and I found a file named database.sqlite. I really hope, I will be able to recover my notes from there. Let me know if it's possible or re…

[image] imhere: So, Can you please explain what I just did and why did Joplin ask me to disable fail safe Joplin saw an empty sync target, warned you it was empty and was about to delete 100% of your data but the fail safe stopped it (because this is an uncommon event likely caused by either …

Thank you so much for your response. Now, As directed in the post, I went to -> .config -> Joplin-desktop folder. The below pic has all the contents of that folder. [Joplin desktop] (btw, note history was disabled). In this folder, will I be able to recover my notes from 'database.sqlite' or t…

A sync'd joplin instance stores its notes in two places: The local client - this is all stored in the .config/joplin-desktop dir All your actual notes, tags, metadata, note revisions etc. etc. are stored within that sqlite databse. The rest of the dir contains your note resources, some settings, …

Help! I just lost all my notes

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You might find this thread helpful. In your case, the sync files might still exist on the sync target.

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Help! I just lost all my notes

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