03-01-2026, 07:47 PM
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Trashedmy format template for all books; how to recover?
...wanted to delete a highlighted book, clicked in the wrong column, got a template popup...a in a fit of stupidity, hit delete. Now all my listed books say
TEMPLATE ERROR: Single '}' encountered in format string in the format column. Stupid me. How do I recover |
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03-01-2026, 07:50 PM
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creator of calibre
 
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You can re enter the template using the calibre GUI via Preferences->Add my own columns.
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Yesterday, 07:26 AM
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I got a Formats column back, but.....
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But.. Now the old Formats column is still there as: Column Header, Modified, Lookup Name: last_modified, Type: Date...etc when I try to delete it with the -(minus), it says: The selected column is not a minus column Is there a way to get rid of it? 
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Yesterday, 09:35 AM
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creator of calibre
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You cannot delete builtin columns. But you can hide any column by simply unticking it
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