# Force resync missing files

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/force-resync-missing-files/27201
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 9, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/force-resync-missing-files/27201 "2026-10-09T00:38:09Z")
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### Author: ![cvanelli](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@cvanelli](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/cvanelli)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/force-resync-missing-files/27201/1 "2026-10-09T00:38:10Z")

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Hello all,

Files are missing from a receive-only folder after a drive failure. Syncthing thinks everything is in sync. How do I force it to scan the entire folder and resync only the missing files from the send-only device? Rescan doesn’t do it.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/calmh/32/15311_2.png) [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/force-resync-missing-files/27201/2 "2026-10-09T05:14:18Z")

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There’s no force, a normal rescan is sufficient to detect missing files and offer to re-sync them (the “revert” button). It saying “up to date” with files missing in receive-only shouldn’t happen and we should troubleshoot, starting with screenshots of the actual situation and then, if it’s still unclear, [debug information on the missing file](https://docs.syncthing.net/dev/debugging.html)…

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### Author: ![cvanelli](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@cvanelli](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/cvanelli)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/force-resync-missing-files/27201/3 "2026-10-09T23:03:46Z")

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Thanks for the reminder about the “revert” button. I never remember about it. I usually think, there are some local changes that I don’t want to delete, like metadata files created locally that are not synced from the server. Or files that were deleted on purpose, that I don’t want to sync back. So I never use it. It’s very confusing.

Anyway none of that was true for this folder so I used the revert button and the files are back in order.

Thanks again for helping. Sorry to waste a topic on such a simple fix.