# Help My Notecard is Full!

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/help-my-notecard-is-full/1323>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [March 15, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/help-my-notecard-is-full/1323 "2023-03-15T01:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![gwolff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@gwolff](https://discuss.blues.com/u/gwolff)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/help-my-notecard-is-full/1323/1 "2023-03-15T01:53:57Z")

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When I try to send a note file to my notecard, I receive the following error:

```auto
 "error adding note: can't exceed 80% of filesystem (currently 85)"

```

How do I resolve this?

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**Author:** ![gwolff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@gwolff](https://discuss.blues.com/u/gwolff)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/help-my-notecard-is-full/1323/2 "2023-03-15T01:58:55Z")

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It seems like a bunch of data has been added to the Notecard, but it has never been offloaded to the Notehub on the cloud.

I’m guessing that the `note.add` statement has been used repeatedly on a QO-file, and that the Notecard hasn’t synced with the Notehub. So the data is persisting in the QO-file, and it has run out of space.

There are a couple of options.

1. Sync the Notecard with Notehub (assuming connectivity is available)

`{"req":"hub.sync","allow":true}`

will force a sync.

1. If it’s not syncing, double check the hub mode. Execute  
`{"req":"hub.get"}`

If the response includes `"mode":"off"` , then at the very least, enable the modem with

`{"req":"hub.set","mode":"minimum"}`

1. If it’s not syncing because there’s no network available, we can delete the data from the Notecard.

a. Factory reset with data refresh - simpliest approach, but requires reconfiguring the Notecard.

`{"req":"card.restore","delete":true}`

OR

`factory-reset`

if you are using the Notecard Playground: [Notecard Playground - Blues Developers](https://dev.blues.io/notecard-playground)

b. Delete the Notefile(s)  
[file Requests - API Reference - Blues Developers](https://dev.blues.io/reference/notecard-api/file-requests/#file-delete)

You can select which Notefiles you want to delete.

`{"req":"file.delete","files":["data.qo"]}`

deletes the default QO-file that is created when using `note.add`

To view the files, you can use the `file.changes` request :[file Requests - API Reference - Blues Developers](https://dev.blues.io/reference/notecard-api/file-requests/#file-changes)

OR

`explore`

from the Notecard Playground

c. Delete individual Notes.  
This is more involved and may require some scripting. You can view which Notes are in a file using  
`{"req":"note.changes"}`

Then you can delete specific Notes using

`{"req":"note.delete","file":"data.qo","note":"<note-uid>"}`

where `<note-uid>` is the identifier returned by note.changes

```auto
> explore data.qo <--- View contents in Notecard Playground using explore
~ data.qo: 2 Notes 
~ Age ID Body (Payload)       
~ 7s OQ660 {"message":"hello"} 
~ 11s QS88 {"message":"hello"} 
> {"req":"note.changes","file":"data.qo"} <---- Get contents of data.qo
{ 
 "notes": { 
  "QS88": { 
   "body": { 
    "message": "hello" 
   }, 
   "time": 1678844728 
  }, 
  "OQ660": { 
   "body": { 
    "message": "hi" 
   }, 
   "time": 1678844732 
  } 
 }, 
 "total": 2 
} 
> {"req":"note.delete","file":"data.qo","note":"QS88"} <---- Delete the first Note
{} 
> {"req":"note.changes","file":"data.qo"} <--- Confirm the first Note is deleted
{ 
 "notes": { 
  "OQ660": { 
   "body": { 
    "message": "hi" 
   }, 
   "time": 1678844732 
  } 
 }, 
 "total": 1 
}

```

Hopefully one of the above will help you out!