# How do I prevent the cloud sync from overwriting the QGIS file?

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**Created:** [14 May 2025 02:24 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/how-do-i-prevent-the-cloud-sync-from-overwriting-the-qgis-file/475 "2025-05-14T02:24:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 May 2025 02:24 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/how-do-i-prevent-the-cloud-sync-from-overwriting-the-qgis-file/475/1 "2025-05-14T02:24:24Z")

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Hi QField community.  
I am a new user of QField and have some questions about the behavior of the QField sync. I configured the sync for a QGIS file. I have since added shapefiles to the QGIS file. When I complete Synchronize Current Cloud Project, the QGIS file is overwritten by the cloud file: it removes the layers that were added (and adds layers that were removed). How do I prevent this from happening? How do I make changes to the QGIS file and push all/some of these changes up to the cloud file? I don’t see an interface for doing this. I feel like I’m missing steps in the intended workflow.

Thanks very much for your guidance and help.

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_Imported from [GitHub discussion](https://github.com/opengisch/qfield/discussions/5244) by @Figgy03 on 2024-05-14T19:36:43Z_