diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js b/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js
index a064e10f4..cb9bb0466 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ export default {
       type: Boolean,
       default: false,
     },
-    local: {
-      type: Boolean,
-      default: false,
-    },
     parentPath: {
       type: [String, Array],
     },
@@ -263,17 +259,11 @@ export default {
             const writePath = `simple.${readPath}`
 
             if (!this.timedApplyMode) {
-              if (this.local) {
-                useLocalConfigStore().set({
-                  path: writePath,
-                  value,
-                })
-              } else {
-                useSyncConfigStore().setSimplePrefAndSave({
-                  path: writePath,
-                  value,
-                })
-              }
+              useSyncConfigStore().setSimplePrefAndSave({
+                path: writePath,
+                value,
+              })
+              useSyncConfigStore().pushSyncConfig()
             } else {
               if (useInterfaceStore().temporaryChangesTimeoutId !== null) {
                 console.error("Can't track more than one temporary change")
@@ -282,30 +272,18 @@ export default {
 
               const oldValue = get(this.configSource, readPath)
 
-              if (this.local) {
-                useLocalConfigStore().setTemporarily({ path: writePath, value })
-              } else {
-                useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({ path: writePath, value })
-              }
+              useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({ path: writePath, value })
 
               const confirm = () => {
-                if (this.local) {
-                  useLocalConfigStore().set({ path: writePath, value })
-                } else {
-                  useSyncConfigStore().pushSyncConfig()
-                }
+                useSyncConfigStore().pushSyncConfig()
                 useInterfaceStore().clearTemporaryChanges()
               }
 
               const revert = () => {
-                if (this.local) {
-                  useLocalConfigStore().unsetTemporarily({ path: writePath, value })
-                } else {
-                  useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({
-                    path: writePath,
-                    value: oldValue,
-                  })
-                }
+                useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({
+                  path: writePath,
+                  value: oldValue,
+                })
                 useInterfaceStore().clearTemporaryChanges()
               }
 
diff --git a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
index 963f81ff8..677781d97 100644
--- a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
           :is-local="status.is_local"
           @parse-ready="onParseReady"
         />
-        {{ mergedConfig }}
         <div
           v-show="shouldShowToggle"
           :class="toggleButtonClasses"
diff --git a/src/stores/local_config.js b/src/stores/local_config.js
index 7b2c5f650..208ae09cf 100644
--- a/src/stores/local_config.js
+++ b/src/stores/local_config.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ export const defaultState = {
   prefsStorage: {
     ...configDefaultState,
   },
-  tempStorage: {
-    ...configDefaultState
-  }
 }
 
 export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
@@ -23,12 +20,6 @@ export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
     set({ path, value }) {
       set(this.prefsStorage, path, value)
     },
-    setTemporarily({ path, value }) {
-      set(this.tempStorage, path, value)
-    },
-    unsetTemporarily({ path, value }) {
-      set(this.tempStorage, path, undefined)
-    },
     unset({ path, value }) {
       set(this.prefsStorage, path, undefined)
     },
@@ -45,7 +36,7 @@ export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
       const result = Object.fromEntries(
         Object.entries(state.prefsStorage).map(([k, v]) => [
           k,
-          state.tempStorage[k] ?? v ?? instancePrefs[k],
+          v ?? instancePrefs[k],
         ]),
       )
       return result
@@ -53,10 +44,7 @@ export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
   },
   persist: {
     afterLoad(state) {
-      return {
-        prefStorage: state.prefsStorage,
-        tempStorage: { ...configDefaultState },
-      }
+      return state
     },
   },
 })
diff --git a/src/stores/sync_config.js b/src/stores/sync_config.js
index 2f93fbef4..05a47fa64 100644
--- a/src/stores/sync_config.js
+++ b/src/stores/sync_config.js
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ export const NEW_USER_DATE = new Date('2022-08-04') // date of writing this, bas
 
 export const COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS = 1000
 export const COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS_AND_RESET = 1001
-export const COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL = 1010
-export const COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE = 1011
 
 export const defaultState = {
   // do we need to update data on server?
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   flagStorage: {
     updateCounter: 0, // Counter for most recent update notification seen
     configMigration: 0, // Counter for config -> server-side migrations
-    reset: 0, // special flag that can be used to force-reset all data, debug purposes only
+    reset: 0, // special flag that can be used to force-reset all flags, debug purposes only
     // special reset codes:
     // 1000: trim keys to those known by currently running FE
     // 1001: same as above + reset everything to 0
@@ -381,30 +379,16 @@ export const _resetFlags = (
         result[flag] = 0
       })
     }
+  } else if (totalFlags.reset > 0 && totalFlags.reset < 9000) {
+    console.debug('Received command to reset the flags')
+    allFlagKeys.forEach((flag) => {
+      result[flag] = 0
+    })
   }
   result.reset = 0
   return result
 }
 
-export const _resetPrefs = (
-  totalFlags,
-  totalPrefs,
-  knownKeys = defaultState.flagStorage,
-) => {
-  // prefs reset functionality
-  if (
-    totalFlags.reset >= COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL &&
-    totalFlags.reset <= COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE
-  ) {
-    console.debug('Received command to reset journals')
-    clearJournals()
-    if (totalFlags.reset === COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE) {
-      console.debug('Received command to reset storage')
-      return cloneDeep(defaultState)
-    }
-  } return totalPrefs
-}
-
 export const _doMigrations = (cache, live) => {
   const data = cache ?? live
 
@@ -594,14 +578,6 @@ export const useSyncConfigStore = defineStore('sync_config', {
       Object.keys(this).forEach((k) => {
         this[k] = blankState[k]
       })
-      this.flagStorage.reset = COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE
-    },
-    clearJournals() {
-      this.flagStorage.reset = COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL
-      this.prefsStorage._journal = []
-      this.cache.prefsStorage._journal = []
-      this.raw.prefsStorage._journal = []
-      this.pushSyncConfig()
     },
     setSyncConfig(userData) {
       const live = userData.storage
@@ -657,7 +633,6 @@ export const useSyncConfigStore = defineStore('sync_config', {
         totalPrefs = recent.prefsStorage
       }
 
-      totalPrefs = _resetPrefs(totalPrefs, totalFlags)
       totalFlags = _resetFlags(totalFlags)
 
       recent.flagStorage = { ...flagsTemplate, ...totalFlags }