Google Drive and Cryptomator fresh start

Ah ok. Now I get it. So if you want to have a complete, fresh start you should do the following. You already figured it out I guess, but just in case you want me to sum up.

  1. move your files from within your vault to anywhere on your local disc, but not in your gdrive synced storage. You want to have a lokal, not synced file (unless you don’t want Google to know all your files) Or in other words: make a local backup of your vault content.
  2. uninstall cryptomator. Check if winFSP is also uninstalled, if not uninstall it via the Microsoft software list.
  3. delete your vault directory and all encrypted files/folders in it.
  4. optional: wait until the sync is done and your encrypted vault is not online anymore.
  5. download latest cryptomator version and install it. This will install WinFSP as well
  6. create a new vault in your gdrive location
  7. move your backup files into your new vault
  8. optional: wait until the sync is done.
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