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> Type ">Sync" In Command Palette into order download / upload
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> Select **"> Sync : Reset Extension Settings"** in the Command Palette to reset your settings
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## Toggle Auto Download
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Auto Download is **disabled by default**. It will sync all the setting by default when the editor starts.
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Select Command **"Sync : Advanced Options > Toggle Auto-Download On Startup"** command to Turn ON / OFF the auto download.
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## Toggle Force Download
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Force Download is **disabled by default**. By default, extension won't download the latest settings if you already have the latest downloaded version, but sometimes when you delete some extension locally and don't upload the settings it will still show that you have latest versions by date or time checks, by turning this ON it will always download the cloud settings on startup.
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Select Command **"Sync : Advanced Options > Toggle Force Download"** command to Turn ON / OFF the force download.
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## Toggle Force Upload
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Force Upload is **disabled by default**. By default, extension won't upload the settings if the gist has newer or identical content. By turning this ON it will always upload without checking for newer settings in the gist.
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Select Command **"Sync : Advanced Options > Toggle Force Upload"** command to Turn ON / OFF the force upload.
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## Toggle Auto-Upload on change
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Auto-upload is **disabled by default**. When the settings are changed and saved this feature will automatically start the upload process and save the settings online.
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Select Command **"Sync : Advanced Options > Toggle Auto-Upload on Settings Change"** command to Turn ON / OFF the auto-upload.
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## Toggle Summary
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Summary is **enabled by default** which shows all files and extensions that are added or deleted on a single page.
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You may turn it off in order to make a upload and download process clean and quiet.
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Select Command **"Sync : Advanced Options > Show Summary Page On Upload / Download"** command to Turn ON / OFF the auto download.
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## Create Public Gist To Share Settings
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By default, it creates secret Gist so only you can see it but if you want to share your Gist with other users, you can set it to public.
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You can't change the exiting Gist type from secret to public so it will reset the Gist ID so you can create new Gist with all existing editor settings.
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Select Command **"Sync : Advanced Options > Share Settings with Public GIST"**
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Other users can give your Gist Id to download the Gist, but they can't upload their settings on your Gist.
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## Settings
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There are two types of settings in Settings Sync.
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I will recommend you to read the configurations details [here](https://dev.to/shanalikhan/visual-studio-code-settings-sync-configurations-mn0).
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### Gist Settings
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Gist Settings are stored in `settings.json` file of Code.
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"lastUpload": null,
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"lastDownload": null,
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I will recommend you to read the configurations details [here](https://dev.to/shanalikhan/visual-studio-code-settings-sync-configurations-mn0).
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## Features
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### Toggle Auto-Upload on change
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Auto-upload is **disabled by default**. When the settings are changed and saved this feature will automatically start the upload process and save the settings online.
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### Toggle Auto Download
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Auto Download is **disabled by default**. It will sync all the setting by default when the editor starts.
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### Toggle Force Download
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Force Download is **disabled by default**. By default, extension won't download the latest settings if you already have the latest downloaded version, but sometimes when you delete some extension locally and don't upload the settings it will still show that you have latest versions by date or time checks, by turning this ON it will always download the cloud settings on startup.
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### Toggle Force Upload
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### Toggle Summary
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Summary is **enabled by default** which shows all files and extensions that are added or deleted on a single page.
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### Custom Sync
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Settings Sync allows you to sync the files other from `User` folder. For example, your workspace settings and much more. Its upon you to utilize the full potential of Settings Sync across your machines or your teams machines. Read about custom sync [here](https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/wiki/Custom-Sync).
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### Sync Pragmas
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You can even manage which settings you want to ignore from being upload or download. Settings Sync even allows you to manage your `home` and `office` computer specific settings even OS related settings in single GitHub Gist. Read details about [Sync Pragmas here](https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/wiki/Sync-Pragmas).
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### Share Settings Across Teams & Users
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If you are looking to share your settings. Read the details [here](https://dev.to/shanalikhan/how-to-share-your-visual-studio-code-settings-and-extensions-39k). Settings Sync needs to create new Public GitHub Gist to share your settings with other users.
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### Troubleshooting
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If you ever get into problem while setting up the Settings Sync. You can check our troubleshooting guide that cover those scenarios [here](https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/wiki/Troubleshooting), you can also add your solution there if its not available there to help other users.
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