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When I try to select an island in a uv map it says "Cannot select linked when sync selection is enabled".

I know I have to disable it with this button:
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But it is not here:
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So where is it?

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Your second screenshot is of the header in the 3D view, but the setting you are looking for is in the header of the UV/Image editor:

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gandalf3
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  • @user2320445 Only if you really want to. If you don't delete it this can help others with the same question :) – gandalf3 Mar 18 '15 at 06:38
  • doesnt choosing an island chooses the same portion of the model? – Milad Qasemi Mar 18 '15 at 06:44
  • I chose an island but all the model is still selected , why ? – Milad Qasemi Mar 18 '15 at 06:46
  • Unfortunately this isn't possible atm. Thats how it would work if sync selection was enabled, but for some reason it must be disabled. Not sure why this is :/ – gandalf3 Mar 18 '15 at 06:56
  • so it is a paradox , sync enabled -> not able to choose , sync disabled->wont choose , so there is no point in sync? what should i do? – Milad Qasemi Mar 18 '15 at 06:58
  • @user2320445 Unfortunately I think the best you can do right now is select the island manually (C, M, and Ctrl LMB can help a bit) – gandalf3 Mar 18 '15 at 07:05
  • You can sync-select these islands with the L key in face select mode, but not in vertex select mode. – TonyM Jun 06 '17 at 16:41
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This option is available after turning off two blue arrows in Edit mode

This option is available after turning off two blue arrows in Edit mode in Blender 2.8

Lex Larvatus
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    Did they remove these icons/controls in 2.9? Recently updated and can't find them, wondering if I need to turn them on somehow or if they're just gone.... – Ezekiel Kruglick Sep 28 '20 at 19:12
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In 3.3.1 I couldn't find the UV Sync Selection or the rest of the toolbar in the UV Editor but realised it was because I didn't have my model selected in Edit Mode. If yours is missing it's probably because you're still in Object Mode.

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