Multi-Select & Bulk Operations

When you need to reorganize or clean up your vault, multi-select lets you operate on several pages at once instead of one at a time.

Entering Selection Mode

Cmd+click (macOS) or Ctrl+click (Windows/Linux) any page in the sidebar to select it and enter selection mode. The sidebar switches from its normal navigation behavior to a selection interface.

Selecting Pages

Once in selection mode:

• Cmd/Ctrl+click additional pages to toggle them in or out of the selection.
• Each selected page shows an accent-colored highlight with a checkmark — the normal document icon is replaced by a checkbox to make selected pages visually distinct.

Action	Shortcut
Toggle a page’s selection	Cmd/Ctrl + click
Exit selection mode	Escape or click Cancel

Tip

You can select pages across different folders. This is useful when consolidating pages from multiple folders into one, or when archiving old pages scattered throughout the vault.

Bulk Action Bar

When one or more pages are selected, a bulk action bar appears at the top of the sidebar. It displays:

• The count of selected pages (e.g., “3 selected”).
• Action buttons for the available bulk operations.
• A Cancel button to exit selection mode.

Available Operations

Move

Moves all selected pages to a different folder.

1. Click Move in the bulk action bar.
2. A dropdown appears listing all folders in your vault.
3. Select the target folder.
4. All selected pages are moved and their frontmatter folder field is updated.

Archive

Archives all selected pages. Archived pages are hidden from the main sidebar view but remain in the vault and are still searchable. You can view archived pages through the Archive filter and unarchive them individually later.

Delete

Permanently deletes all selected pages.

Caution

Bulk delete is permanent — there is no trash or undo. A confirmation dialog will ask: “Permanently delete N pages?” Review the list carefully before confirming.

Cancelling Selection

To exit selection mode without performing any action:

• Click Cancel in the bulk action bar.
• Press Escape.

The sidebar returns to its normal navigation state and all selections are cleared.

Recovering Deleted Pages

Even though bulk delete is permanent from the app’s perspective, Claspt auto-commits all changes to Git. This means deleted pages can be recovered from Git history:

1. Open a terminal in your vault directory.
2. Use git log --diff-filter=D --name-only to find deleted files.
3. Restore with git checkout <commit>^ -- path/to/file.md.

Note

Git-based recovery works as long as you haven’t force-pushed or garbage-collected the repository. For important vaults, consider pushing to a private Git remote as an additional safety net.