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title: "rclone config update"
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description: "Update options in an existing remote."
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slug: rclone_config_update
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url: /commands/rclone_config_update/
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versionIntroduced: v1.39
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# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/config/update/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
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---
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# rclone config update
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Update options in an existing remote.
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## Synopsis
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Update an existing remote's options. The options should be passed in
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pairs of `key` `value` or as `key=value`.
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For example, to update the env_auth field of a remote of name myremote
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you would do:
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rclone config update myremote env_auth true
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rclone config update myremote env_auth=true
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If the remote uses OAuth the token will be updated, if you don't
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require this add an extra parameter thus:
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rclone config update myremote env_auth=true config_refresh_token=false
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Note that if the config process would normally ask a question the
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default is taken (unless `--non-interactive` is used). Each time
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that happens rclone will print or DEBUG a message saying how to
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affect the value taken.
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If any of the parameters passed is a password field, then rclone will
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automatically obscure them if they aren't already obscured before
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putting them in the config file.
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**NB** If the password parameter is 22 characters or longer and
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consists only of base64 characters then rclone can get confused about
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whether the password is already obscured or not and put unobscured
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passwords into the config file. If you want to be 100% certain that
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the passwords get obscured then use the `--obscure` flag, or if you
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are 100% certain you are already passing obscured passwords then use
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`--no-obscure`. You can also set obscured passwords using the
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`rclone config password` command.
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The flag `--non-interactive` is for use by applications that wish to
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configure rclone themselves, rather than using rclone's text based
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configuration questions. If this flag is set, and rclone needs to ask
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the user a question, a JSON blob will be returned with the question in
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it.
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This will look something like (some irrelevant detail removed):
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```
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{
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"State": "*oauth-islocal,teamdrive,,",
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"Option": {
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"Name": "config_is_local",
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"Help": "Use web browser to automatically authenticate rclone with remote?\n * Say Y if the machine running rclone has a web browser you can use\n * Say N if running rclone on a (remote) machine without web browser access\nIf not sure try Y. If Y failed, try N.\n",
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"Default": true,
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"Examples": [
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{
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"Value": "true",
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"Help": "Yes"
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},
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{
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"Value": "false",
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"Help": "No"
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}
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],
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"Required": false,
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"IsPassword": false,
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"Type": "bool",
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"Exclusive": true,
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},
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"Error": "",
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}
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```
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The format of `Option` is the same as returned by `rclone config
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providers`. The question should be asked to the user and returned to
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rclone as the `--result` option along with the `--state` parameter.
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The keys of `Option` are used as follows:
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- `Name` - name of variable - show to user
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- `Help` - help text. Hard wrapped at 80 chars. Any URLs should be clicky.
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- `Default` - default value - return this if the user just wants the default.
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- `Examples` - the user should be able to choose one of these
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- `Required` - the value should be non-empty
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- `IsPassword` - the value is a password and should be edited as such
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- `Type` - type of value, eg `bool`, `string`, `int` and others
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- `Exclusive` - if set no free-form entry allowed only the `Examples`
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- Irrelevant keys `Provider`, `ShortOpt`, `Hide`, `NoPrefix`, `Advanced`
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If `Error` is set then it should be shown to the user at the same
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time as the question.
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rclone config update name --continue --state "*oauth-islocal,teamdrive,," --result "true"
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Note that when using `--continue` all passwords should be passed in
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the clear (not obscured). Any default config values should be passed
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in with each invocation of `--continue`.
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At the end of the non interactive process, rclone will return a result
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with `State` as empty string.
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If `--all` is passed then rclone will ask all the config questions,
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not just the post config questions. Any parameters are used as
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defaults for questions as usual.
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Note that `bin/config.py` in the rclone source implements this protocol
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as a readable demonstration.
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```
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rclone config update name [key value]+ [flags]
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```
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## Options
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```
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--all Ask the full set of config questions
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--continue Continue the configuration process with an answer
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-h, --help help for update
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--no-obscure Force any passwords not to be obscured
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--non-interactive Don't interact with user and return questions
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--obscure Force any passwords to be obscured
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--result string Result - use with --continue
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--state string State - use with --continue
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```
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See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
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## SEE ALSO
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* [rclone config](/commands/rclone_config/) - Enter an interactive configuration session.
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