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Timothy Merridew
Copper Contributor
Jan 14, 2020

Force a collections sync

As sync was off for a while, I've ended up with collections on two different machines, and I'm looking for a way to force one of these to be the master list and to sync across to my other machines. If I rename a collection an empty copy gets synced but not the content, and likewise if I edit a link in a collection that then will sync just that link. New collections are synced, just those created before. 

 

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

 

Thank you in advance.

18 Replies

  • Thank you, all! I've looped in our Collections Team and will let you know if they have additional questions or insights.

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

  • Hi,
    you can force sync by going to here: edge://sync-internals/
    and then click on "Trigger GetUpdates" button
    it will sync everything, including collections.

    do it on both machines
    • Timothy Merridew's avatar
      Timothy Merridew
      Copper Contributor

      Hi HotCakeX 

       

      I've done it on both machines but no change, so I disabled the sync on the secondary machine and cleared down my data then ran the sync on both again and whilst it says its done there are no collections showing on the secondary machine. 

       

       

      • HotCakeX's avatar
        HotCakeX
        MVP
        Collection sync has delays, that's what i experienced

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