how can I delete the test profile? there are no buttons, can it be done via CLI /SSH
Posted by danmacx2
My question: how can I delete the test profile? there are no buttons, can it be done via CLI /SSH SparkBox AI replied: So here's the straight answer: I can't delete it for you, and I won't hand you a blind SSH command to do it either. Let me explain why instead of guessing. What I can see: Hearth's data lives at /volume1/sparkbox-data/hearth (that's the whole mount — everything Hearth stores is in that folder). The server itself is healthy, nothing's crashing. But here's the catch — I have no shell/SSH tool in this chat, so I can't reach into that folder from here. And more importantly, I don't know Hearth's data schema. It's Tom's beta app and version 0.4.4. Handing you an rm-or-edit command for a store I can't see is exactly how you nuke the whole test account's history or break the server. I'm not doing that blind. If you want to go the SSH route yourself, here's the safe way, one step at a time: 1. Back it up first. sudo cp -a /volume1/sparkbox-data/hearth /volume1/sparkbox-data/hearth.bak — non-negotiable, before touching anything. 2. Then look inside: sudo ls -la /volume1/sparkbox-data/hearth and sudo find /volume1/sparkbox-data/hearth -type f — tell me what files are actually in there (I'd bet a SQLite .db or a data.json). What I do next depends entirely on what's in that folder. But honestly? For a beta app, this is the "let Tom fix it properly" case. A profile you can't delete, an unban that leaves a name you can't reclaim — that' …(reply truncated — full chat sent to Tom)
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Chris wrote:
Hi! Short version: there's no SparkBox command to delete a single Hearth profile, and this version of Hearth (0.4.4 beta) doesn't expose a delete for a member either — so you're not missing anything. SparkBox deliberately keeps its CLI commands out of apps' data stores, so there's no safe SSH route to remove just one profile; a blind erase of Hearth's data folder would wipe every profile and every message, not only the test one. I've logged a request with the team for Hearth profile management (delete and rename a member), so it's now on the list for the beta app. In the meantime the extra test profile is harmless to leave in place. If this box is brand new and Hearth only holds test chats you don't care about, the one way to start clean is a full Hearth reset (removes every profile and every message). If you want that, just say it's definitely only test data and I'll walk you through it — otherwise leaving the profile where it is is the right call.
danmacx2 wrote:
Thanks - I have already perfomed the cleanups and re-created the DB's with clean slate so no issues there. Was more looking to have a sturdy place I can chat with my family etc once we sort out the bugs and people accidentally kicking themselves out and no way to recover. - I will keep this as BETA for now too. But keen to see the progress