Orphaned Notebooks

Operating system

Linux

Joplin version

3.7.16

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.7.16 (prod, linux)

Device: linux, 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
Client ID: 39c498d89e3149e896ed8e5dd8d4a448
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 53
Keychain Supported: No
Alternative instance ID: -
Sync target: WebDAV
Editor: Markdown

Revision: e3f38c6

Backup: 1.5.1
Freehand Drawing: 4.3.0
Note Tabs: 1.4.0

Sync target

WebDAV

What issue do you have?

Linux 3.7.16, Android 3.7.8

I'm migrating notes from Google Keep. I successfully imported the notes into a notebook called GoogleKeep, then created sub-notebooks based on the imported tags; e.g. Humour, Info, etc.

When the Linux app synced with Android the notes in the sub-notebooks were copied, but neither the sub-notebooks nor their root, GoogleKeep, appear in the left hand navigation pane. The only way to see the notes is by selecting All Notes.

On the next sync, while I was still wondering what was going on, the sub-notebooks and root disappeared from the Linux desktop.

See screenshot: right panel "In:Wisdom", left panel, no "Wisdom".

How can I safely get the sub-notebooks back? Even as top-level?
sync

Screenshots

@bdobby welcome to the forum.

The arrow to the left of "Trash" indicates you have notebooks in the trash folder. Are the missing notebooks there? "All notes" should not display notes that are in "Trash" but there seems to be something odd going on here.

The issue is that the top level notebook is missing, so it is not displaying anything under it.

I know at a technically level what you need to do to get the notebooks back, but rather than giving you very technical instructions, I'm in the process of vibe coding a Joplin plugin which will resolve it, as I think this could be a useful tool for others as well.

It does achieve the goal so far, but I want to do some additional testing before I release it. Also note that if the missing notebook is in the middle of a notebook hierachy, it will be recovered at top level, as there's no way to know if it were nested under any notebooks (or the name of the notebook), as that data is gone

Thanks for the hint. There are notebooks in Trash, but not the ones I'm looking for.

Thank you.

@bdobby I've published the completed plugin on GitHub here:

You can download the jpl at https://github.com/mrjo118/joplin-plugin-orphaned-note-repair-tool/releases/download/1.0.0/com.mrjo118.orphaned-note-repair-tool.jpl and use the 'install plugin from file' option in advanced settings on the plugin screen. I plan to publish it on the plugin store as well.

Please let me know if it fixes your issue.

EDIT: I updated the plugin and the links because I got the naming convention wrong for the plugin store.

Hi. Many thanks for that plugin, it worked perfectly.

glad you solved the issue, just for reference, it happened to me 2 years ago Notes without folders

At least there's a solution now. The plugin from@mrjo118 worked for me.