{"id":"backups.how-do-i-restore-a-single-file-from-a-backup","url":"/faq/backups/how-do-i-restore-a-single-file-from-a-backup","category":{"id":"backups","title":"Backups & restore points"},"subcategory":{"id":"versions-restore","title":"Versions and restoring"},"question":"How do I restore just one file from a backup?","alt_questions":["restore specific files Data Backup","Browse Files… backup","get one document back from backup","recover a single file Storage Studio","pick files to restore"],"short_answer":"In Versions…, click Browse Files… on the version you want, select the files or folders, then click Restore… or Export… and choose where they go. Only the selected items come back.","answer_markdown":"Open the set's **Versions…**, click **Browse Files…** on the version you want, select the files or folders you need, and click **Restore…** or **Export…**.\n\n- **Browse Files…** shows that version's folders exactly as they were; click into folders, and use **Top** to go back up.\n- Select one or more items — *\"Select files or folders to restore or export.\"*\n- **Restore…** offers the set's original folder by default; **Export…** copies the items to any folder you pick.\n\nOnly the items you selected are brought back, never the whole set. Finder opens the destination when it's done.","answer_html":"

Open the set's Versions…, click Browse Files… on the version you want, select the files or folders you need, and click Restore… or Export….

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Only the items you selected are brought back, never the whole set. Finder opens the destination when it's done.

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Backups & restore points · Versions and restoring

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How do I restore just one file from a backup?

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Short answer: In Versions…, click Browse Files… on the version you want, select the files or folders, then click Restore… or Export… and choose where they go. Only the selected items come back.

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Open the set's Versions…, click Browse Files… on the version you want, select the files or folders you need, and click Restore… or Export….

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  • Browse Files… shows that version's folders exactly as they were; click into folders, and use Top to go back up.
  • Select one or more items — "Select files or folders to restore or export."
  • Restore… offers the set's original folder by default; Export… copies the items to any folder you pick.
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Only the items you selected are brought back, never the whole set. Finder opens the destination when it's done.

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