# Very disappointed on Joplin and its sync problems

**URL:** https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/very-disappointed-on-joplin-and-its-sync-problems/45026
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**Created:** [24 April 2025 01:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/very-disappointed-on-joplin-and-its-sync-problems/45026 "2025-04-24T01:59:43Z")
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### Author: ![chr15m](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/chr15m/32/6896_2.png) [@chr15m](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/chr15m)
#### Post date: [29 April 2025 01:43 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/very-disappointed-on-joplin-and-its-sync-problems/45026/6 "2025-04-29T01:43:05Z")

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I am a huge fan of Joplin but sync has become an issue for me after I switched to a new phone. My total JEX size is 430Mb. I sync via webdav and I documented some of the issues I had here:

> [@JEX Import on Android fails](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/jex-import-on-android-fails/44546):
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> Operating system Android Joplin version 3.3.3 Desktop version info 3.1.24 What issue do you have? WebDav sync was taking too long so I decided to try JEX export/import. I exported a JEX archive from Desktop Joplin. It was 400mb. Copied it to my phone. Tried to import into Android Joplin version 3.3.2 It showed an infinite progress bar for a long time (many minutes) Eventually the bar stopped but nothing had changed Later I installed Android Joplin version 3.3.3 Now when I choose "import" I …

Today I decided to re-try getting sync over webdav working on my laptop. I retired my old webdav server and started with a new fresh webdav on my Nextcloud instance. I created an empty folder and set up the webdav endpoint in Joplin settings. I clicked "sync" and immediately it says: "remote deleted" with the number going up and up. What could it possibly be deleting on the remote when it's a completely empty folder? Shouldn't it be creating files on the remote not deleting them? Is it deleting other files from my server? I checked on the server and there are various lockfiles and info.json created there. I looked at the client log and I saw something about "local deleted" so I immediately stopped it.

Even if this is expected behavior it's really badly communicated. People's data is important to them and having the first initial sync to a webdav remote start deleting files completely eliminates any confidence I had in Joplin, especially after the experiences I had trying to get it to sync to my phone, with duplicate files created after I import the JEX.

I'm at a loss now because I really like the Joplin interface and I don't want to switch to a proprietary solution like Obsidian, but I no longer have confidence that Joplin is taking care of my data. It's a bit frustrating.

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