How to clean the queue?

Hi there. I’ve got a problem when Syncthing can’t sync file/folder from one peer which do non exist anymore.

How can I clean download queue on my PC? To avoid that message.

Removing the device from the config should suffice, if it does not exist any more.

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Thank you so much, it helped.

And there is a similar question. I have 4 devices and in this case we can say that 1 of them is source and 3 of them are receivers. All devices can see each other. So we have this:

  1. Source is up to date
  2. Receiver 1 is up to date
  3. Receivers 2 and 3 want 0B size file from source 1. The showing to me “Out of Sync Items [1 items, ~0 B]”

When that file calendar_backup_2025-05-04_20-46-41.tar.gz.gpg was on Source’s disk, it was not empty. Like 2-3Mbytes but error was the same. I tried to delete this file from the source1 and rescan my folder but it didn’t help. How can I fix that issue?

Thanks in advance.

Anyone?

Brute force options:

  • Does that file exist on any of your systems? If so, rename it and see if it correctly syncs then. Then rename it back once everyone is happy;
  • If the file does not exist, create a new file with exactly the same file path. Let it sync to the other systems, then delete it again.

Hope that helps!