# Sync without deleting

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sync-without-deleting/9455>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [17 June 2020 19:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sync-without-deleting/9455 "2020-06-17T19:23:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![francus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/898d66/32.png) [@francus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/francus)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2020 19:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sync-without-deleting/9455/1 "2020-06-17T19:23:01Z")

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Hello,  
First time sync  
I synced Android Joplin with nextcloud (webdav)  
Now I want to sync Debian Joplin with the same nextcloud. May this delete everything or perhaps something as I found happened, browsing the forum. Is there any risk? Should I take any provision before doing that? I tried to backup Android notes, but found no option to do that. I understand that only desktop Joplin is able to backup, so that only after sync I’ll be able to backup Android notes.  
Joplin desktop 1.0.193  
sync version 1  
profile version 28