# Devonagent not saving search results into Devonthink Pro
**URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107
**Category:** Automation
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107 "2020-07-06T10:50:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/1 "2020-07-06T10:50:22Z")
Hi All,
I have created a number of automated searches in Devonagent that I’d like saved to specific folders in my global inbox. It runs the searches everyday but does not save them. I have a screenshot of my settings. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Badger
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/2 "2020-07-06T13:36:02Z")
Have you enabled **Full Disk Access** for DEVONagent in **System Preferences \> Security & Privacy \> Privacy**?
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### Author:  [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/3 "2020-07-13T11:32:39Z")
Screenshots of the _General_ and _Advanced_ tabs might be useful.
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/4 "2020-07-15T10:35:44Z")
Thanks for the idea, DEVONagent did not have full disk access but changing this has not resolved the problem.
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/5 "2020-07-15T10:38:06Z")
Here are the screenshots from General and Advanced
Thank you,
Tim
 
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### Author:  [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/6 "2020-07-15T10:38:45Z")
Only new pages are returned by the search set, does it actually return anything every day?
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/7 "2020-07-15T10:50:23Z")
it hasn’t added anything new into Devonthink for any of my searches since May 2020.
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/8 "2020-07-15T10:58:51Z")
Also, Devonthink does not let me delete any of the old Devonagent results saved to the Devonthink inbox.
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### Author:  [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/9 "2020-07-15T11:36:54Z")
> [@AgentBadger](#):
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> it hasn’t added anything new into Devonthink for any of my searches since May 2020.
But was anything found according the search window?
> [@](#):
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> Also, Devonthink does not let me delete any of the old Devonagent results saved to the Devonthink inbox.
Is the inbox marked as read-only in the sidebar?
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/10 "2020-07-15T11:58:25Z")
Devonagent has been finding new articles, but not saving them in Devonthink.
I don’t see in the sidebar where the inbox can be marked read-only
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### Author:  [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/11 "2020-07-15T12:06:32Z")
> [@](#):
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> Devonagent has been finding new articles, but not saving them in Devonthink.
Which version/edition of DEVONthink do you use? Or are multiple instances of DEVONthink installed on your computer?
> [@AgentBadger](#):
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> I don’t see in the sidebar where the inbox can be marked read-only
The icon is automatically shown in case of e.g. databases located on read-only volumes or not having write permissions.
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/12 "2020-07-15T15:21:53Z")
You would see a crossed pencil icon to the right of the database’s name in DEVONthink.
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/13 "2020-07-28T12:58:00Z")
I see the crossed pencil in grey, I did try some steps to make these read write. I found another forum discussion on this, but need not see a solution.
> [@DTPro Inbox is Locked and has read only access](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dtpro-inbox-is-locked-and-has-read-only-access/15854):
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> My DTPro default database Inbox is Locked. It shows thee DevontThink ‘lock’ symbol next to it. After searching numerous posts on the topic and applying fixes, permission changes with terminal, checking for lock in Get Info finder window, I have been unable to unlock the database. Interestingly, when accessing in Finder, the database file at location ~/Library/Application Support/Devonthink Pro 2, the file name: Inbox.dtBase2, and inspecting with ‘Show Package Contents’ I can see the lock file na…
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/14 "2020-07-28T13:51:40Z")
Make sure your local backups are current and do a **File \> Rebuild Database** on it.
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/15 "2020-08-28T23:27:16Z")
Just getting back to you, rebuild did work, but shortly after I got the crossed out pencil again. Not sure what made it recur. At least I know a rebuild does work when I need it.
Thanks
Badger
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/16 "2020-08-29T16:21:15Z")
Where is the database located - the file path on the machine?
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/17 "2020-09-25T09:28:43Z")
Here is the file location
/Users/myfolders/Library/Application Support/DEVONthink 3/Inbox.dtBase2/Files.noindex/webarchive/1/Taxonomy browser (Mauremys annamensis).webarchive
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### Author:  [@AgentBadger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/AgentBadger)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/18 "2020-11-11T22:59:42Z")
This is still an issue, its making devonagent a pointless application to have as I can’t delete junk webarchives
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### Author:  [@Spin](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Spin)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/19 "2021-01-29T16:45:47Z")
I have a similar problem. My Global Inbox has the crossed-pencil symbol. I cant delete pages on the items in there, nor is scanning pages into DTP from ScanSnap Home working any more. The problem started several days ago. I’ve been using this workflow successfully for years.
Rebuilding the database does not help.
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-not-saving-search-results-into-devonthink-pro/57107/20 "2021-01-29T17:47:02Z")
Have you done updates to the machine, like upgrading to Big Sur?