TRACKER3-RESET(1)

✨ NAME ✨

tracker3-reset — bestie, this one resets your index AND your config 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tracker3 reset [--filesystem | --rss] [--file FILE]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so listen. The reset command is highkey irreversible — it's gonna change either your config or your index, and once it's done, it's done. No take-backs. So handle it with care, bestie, fr fr. 🙈

The one good news tho: other than tags, your actual data (like, y'know, your files) should not be affected by this command. Your stuff stays your stuff. 💖

Now, what even is "the index"? Great question, glad you asked. The "index" is basically the link between your content (whether it lives locally or remotely) and how fast it can be found using a bunch of different queries. And under the hood? It's a database. That's the whole vibe. 🗄️✨

So if you wanna remove ALL the data and start over from the very beginning with an empty data set — which ngl is a super common use of this command — that's what the hard reset option is for. It makes everything behave as if Tracker was just installed. Fresh out the box. Main character energy. 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -s, --filesystem — Removes data stored by tracker-miner-fs(1). Don't stress tho, the miner will automatically recreate its cache from the filesystem when it restarts. It literally just rebuilds itself. Slay. 🔥
• -r, --rss — Removes data stored by tracker-miner-rss(1). Bye bye RSS data. 💜
• -f, --file FILE — Resets all indexed information about FILE. And yes, it works recursively for directories, so it goes all the way down. 🦋 Heads up tho: nothing will be done if FILE is not currently indexed — like, it just won't do anything, no error drama. And after deletion, a request to reindex this data will be immediately issued. Instant glow-up. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

tracker3-daemon(1). tracker-miner-fs-3(1), tracker-miner-rss-3(1).

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅 this was Tracker manual, version 3.7.1, dated 02/03/2026 — mwah, go forth and reset responsibly 🎀✨🫶