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| kb:switching_accounts [2020/06/16 00:14] – dstillman | kb:switching_accounts [2024/08/21 11:04] (current) – settings link update fcheslack |
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| Once you set up syncing for a given database in the Sync pane of the Zotero preferences, it's no longer possible to sync that database with another account. If you unlink your account and attempt to set up syncing with a different account, Zotero will warn you that all local data will be removed if you continue. This prevents data from different accounts from being inadvertently combined and avoids difficult-to-resolve conflicts between data created in multiple accounts. | Once you set up syncing for a given database in the Sync pane of the Zotero preferences, it's no longer possible to sync that database with another account. If you unlink your account and attempt to set up syncing with a different account, Zotero will warn you that all local data will be removed if you continue. This prevents data from different accounts from being inadvertently combined and avoids difficult-to-resolve conflicts between data created in multiple accounts. |
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| * If you're simply trying to change usernames, you can do so from your [[/settings/account|account settings]] rather than switching to a completely new account. (If you've already created a new account with the desired username, you'll need to delete it or change its username before you can use that username for your original account.) | * If you're simply trying to change usernames, you can do so from your [[/settings/profile|profile settings]] rather than switching to a completely new account. (If you've already created a new account with the desired username, you'll need to delete it or change its username before you can use that username for your original account.) |
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| * If you wish to use libraries from multiple accounts on the same computer, you can set up [[multiple profiles|multiple Zotero profiles]] pointing to separate data directories and sync each one with a different account. | * If you wish to use libraries from multiple accounts on the same computer, you can set up [[multiple profiles|multiple Zotero profiles]] pointing to separate data directories and sync each one with a different account. |
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