Factory Reset

Start fresh by selectively removing Blue Synergy’s data.

Three ways to reset: a command-line flag, during reinstall, or during uninstall. All are selective — you choose what to delete.

How to use it

From the command line

Open a terminal and run:

Reset everything:

blue-synergy.exe --factory-reset

Reset specific parts:

blue-synergy.exe --reset=config,db
What you can reset What gets deleted
config All settings and hotkeys
db All clips, triggers, captures metadata, folders, tags
captures Screenshot files on disk
backups Backup ZIP archives

Mix and match: --reset=config,db resets settings and the database but keeps screenshots and backups.

The app prints what was deleted and exits without starting.

During reinstall or uninstall

The installer/uninstaller shows checkboxes for each data type. All are unchecked by default (safe — keeps everything). Check only what you want to remove.

Tips & gotchas

  • Close Blue Synergy before running --factory-reset, or the database may be locked.
  • The installer/uninstaller only knows about default data locations. If you configured custom folders for screenshots or backups, those won’t be cleaned up by the installer.
  • The reset prints which items were successfully deleted and which failed.

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