Switching off encryption

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Hello all,

Few days ago I started using Joplin, entering about 40 short text files plus two pdf’s. Synchronisation via Nextcloud worked flawless between 2 Mac desktops and 2 Linux computers.

Unfortunately I got adventurous and switched on encryption - with the result that nothing works any more. Yes, I read the manual, but obviously did not understand some details. Changing the Nextcloud directory and reinstalling Joplin did not help - encryption is always on and asks: „One or more master keys need a password“.

Obvious question: What do I have to do in order to delete encryption forever? Backup of all files exists, so I don‘t mind starting anew

Thanks for any help

Best regards

Hans

My setup:

  • Macs running System 10.14.5
  • Linux all running LinuxMint 19.1
  • Nextcloud 2.5.2
  • Joplin version 1.0.160
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You need to fully sync a client, then export to JEX file. Then delete everything on Nextcloud and all clients, an reimport the JEX file.

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Thanks Laurent for your reponse.

As suggested I opened Joplin and waited for 2 hours - and nothing happened. After one day I got the following message:

  • Abgeschlossen: 26/06/2019 09:03
    Letzte Fehlermeldung: Error: MKCOL .sync/: Parent node does not exist (Exception Sabre\DAV\Exception\Conflict) (409): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <d:error xmlns:d=“DAV:” xmlns:s=“http://sabredav.org/ns”> <s:exception>Sabre\DAV\Exception\Conflict</s:exception> <s:message>Parent node does not exist</s:message> </d:error>

The easiest thing for me would be starting anew, i.e. deleting Joplin on my 4 computers and starting from scratch. However, I found out that I also have to delete some configuration(?) files. Where are they to be found on my Linux and Mac Computers?

Thanks for your help

Best regards

Hans

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The parent node message sometimes means that you are syncing with a folder that doesn’t exist.

Config is in ~/.config/joplin-desktop

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Not quite there! By deleting the “-/.config/joplin-desktop” file my Linux computers feel like „in the old days“. However, my two Macs still warn me from a still active password. Deleting the Joplin.App and deleting "Library/Application support/Joplin“ plus restarting the computer did not help. I still se the red warning band

Does deleting the following file help?:

  • Library/Accounts/Accounts3.sqlite, Accounts3.sqlite-shm & Accounts3 sqlite-wal

The date and timestamps indicated in each file there are suspiciously looking like the dates and times I was trying out encryption with Joplin.

Thanks for your help again

Best regards

Hans

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I guess you have a master key on your sync target, so the app is asking you to provide the password. There’s no way around this. Deleting the other files you mentioned would not help.