---
id: backups.how-do-i-restore-a-single-file-from-a-backup
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/how-do-i-restore-a-single-file-from-a-backup
category: "Backups & restore points"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["restore", "file", "versions"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/what-is-the-difference-between-restore-and-export", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/how-do-i-recover-a-deleted-file-from-a-backup"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I restore just one file from a backup?

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…**.

- **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.

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