Refresh the Database

Use refresh when the contents of already indexed folders have changed. The app checks files, updates records, and regenerates the selected search data when needed.

Steps

1. Open the refresh database dialog.
2. Choose the refresh scope: the whole database, selected folders, or a specific folder when available.
3. Choose whether to detect modified files.
4. Select the features that should be refreshed.
5. Start the task and wait for it to finish.

Choosing the Refresh Scope

• Whole database: best when many folders have changed.
• Selected folder: faster when only one folder or project changed.
• Current folder: useful when you are already browsing the folder that needs an update.

Should "Detect File Changes" Be Enabled?

Enable it when files may have been replaced without changing names. The app checks size and modification time first, then performs deeper checks only when necessary.

If you only added new files or removed old files, refresh can usually run faster.

Choosing Refresh Features

• Image search: refresh visual search data for new or changed images, PDFs, spreadsheets, videos, and screenshots.
• Semantic search: refresh text-prompt search data.
• Pose search: refresh human skeleton and body-pose feature data.
• Face search: refresh face detection and recognition data.
• OCR search: refresh recognized text.
• Color search: refresh color data.
• Duplicate detection: refresh duplicate-related data.

Difference from Add and Rebuild

• Add folder indexes a new folder.
• Refresh syncs changes in folders that are already indexed.
• Rebuild repairs or regenerates strategy data for existing records.

Common Cases

• If newly copied files do not appear, refresh the folder.
• If a replaced file still shows old thumbnails or metadata, enable file-change detection.
• If search results look abnormal even after refresh, use rebuild database indexes.