# Glide cannot sync with your Google Sheet

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [August 4, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972 "2021-08-04T08:55:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![a.manda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/a.manda/32/32645_2.png) [@a.manda](https://community.glideapps.com/u/a.manda)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972/21 "2021-11-03T12:55:40Z")

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I wouldn’t have guessed this either! That button makes me (also) so nervous, that I would actually suggest anyone reading this _also_ do some test cases on a copy or two before pulling trigger on a complex app. Even though I’m confident in my discovery, the thought of others pressing that dang button still makes me uneasy - haha.

Also I was struggling trying to imagine what the wording on that pop-up _should_ be, but you’re absolutely 💯 right - pressing the sync button should just attempt the sync, clear the error if the sync is successful, and then _only_ pop-up the warning if a problem remains. Yessssss.

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**Author:** ![Julien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/julien/32/1003_2.png) [@Julien](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Julien)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972/22 "2021-11-16T14:41:36Z")

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Just went through the sync. issue today, after messing around with columns headers.  
After restoring the column header, still getting the error message but pressing the red button fixed the issue.

Thanks for pointing the solution of this!!!

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**Author:** ![Ric\_1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ric_1/32/22052_2.png) [@Ric\_1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ric_1)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972/23 "2022-07-30T07:48:21Z")

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> [@a.manda](#):
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> Most important thing I learned from my test cases: that sync error pop-up is totally misleading! The pop-up indicates that you can restore the missing columns OR remove the features that use them. Then the red button only states “Remove Features & Sync” which anyone would assume means “Only press this button if you chose the 2nd option of removing the features.” In fact, this button needs to be pressed in both instances.

Thanks! That’s indeed very misleading and your explanation saved me, too. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sheryl\_Joyce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sheryl_joyce/32/3764_2.png) [@Sheryl\_Joyce](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sheryl_Joyce)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972/24 "2023-12-12T15:00:15Z")

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Thank you so much for this! My data source is a google doc. Some of the titles of my columns (were inadvertently changed). I got the ‘Remove Features & Sync’ message. It needs to be stated more clearly that it will attempt the sync first…

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**Author:** ![Sheryl\_Joyce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sheryl_joyce/32/3764_2.png) [@Sheryl\_Joyce](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sheryl_Joyce)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972/25 "2023-12-12T15:07:18Z")

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This definitely helped me! Thank you so much

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**Author:** ![Zach\_Fowler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zach_fowler/32/66992_2.png) [@Zach\_Fowler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Zach_Fowler)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-cannot-sync-with-your-google-sheet/29972/26 "2024-01-28T16:59:22Z")

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Duplicating worked for me, thanks!

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