# Manual rescan button

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/manual-rescan-button/34
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 23, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/manual-rescan-button/34 "2014-04-23T19:36:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![lenod](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/71e660/32.png) [@lenod](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/lenod)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/manual-rescan-button/34/1 "2014-04-23T19:36:27Z")

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We could add a button to rescan when when know new files have been added.

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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: [April 24, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/manual-rescan-button/34/2 "2014-04-24T07:10:01Z")

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Sure. That would also expose an API endpoint, i.e. a HTTP POST to something like `/rest/rescan?repo=foo` would be what happens when that button is clicked.

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### Author: ![jedie](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jedie](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/jedie)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/manual-rescan-button/34/3 "2014-05-14T13:46:42Z")

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see also: [https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/issues/9#issuecomment-43063303](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/issues/9#issuecomment-43063303)

With this, it should be possible to create a inotify watcher that request **/rest/rescan?repo=foo** 😉

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### Author: ![system](https://forum-uploads.syncthingcdn.net/original/2X/0/0b50e0a202b22ae6a67190759e8c868805b8ed9f.png) [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/manual-rescan-button/34/4 "2017-05-12T13:16:07Z")

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