tracker-reset(1)                 User Commands                tracker-reset(1)

NAME
       tracker-reset - Reset the index and configuration

SYNOPSIS
       tracker reset [--hard | --soft] [--config] [--file FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       The  reset command will change either your configuration or index irre‐
       versibly and should be used with care. Other  than  tags,  actual  data
       (e.g. files) should not be affected by this command.

       The "index" is a link between your content (either locally or remotely)
       and how it can be found quickly using a number  of  different  queries.
       Under the hood, this is done using a database.

       Removing  all  data and starting again from the beginning with an empty
       data set (which is a common use of this command) is done by  using  the
       hard reset option. This behaves as if Tracker was just installed.

OPTIONS
       -r, --hard
              This  kills  all  processes  in the same way that tracker daemon
              --kill does  but  it  also  removes  all  databases.  Restarting
              tracker-store re-creates the databases.

       -e, --soft
              A  soft  reset works exactly the same way that --hard does, with
              the exception that the backup and journal are not removed. These
              are  restored  when  tracker-store is restarted. This command is
              useful if you have a corrupt database  but  want  to  reply  the
              journal to restore it to the last known good place.

       -c, --config
              Resets all configuration to its defaults.

       -f, --file FILE
              Resets all indexed information about FILE, works recursively for
              directories. Nothing will be  done  if  FILE  is  not  currently
              indexed.  After deletion, a request to reindex this data will be
              immediately issued.

SEE ALSO
   tracker-daemon(1).  tracker(1).