# Restore an archive **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585 "2021-12-03T15:12:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/1 "2021-12-03T15:12:24Z")
Hello forum made an archive for testing purposes and now I am trying to restore it by pointing Flame 2021.2 manually to the storage device. The archives are listed in MediaPannel. But unlike shown is the following tutorial (at 13.11), the button “Restore Archive” is not available… [Flame - Getting Started - Archiving and Restoring - Part 28 of 28 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc6RIAo5vs0) Any ideas what what I am doing wrong? Thank’s ! Joe ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/2 "2021-12-03T15:13:56Z")
Are you by chance on the ‘Files’ tab? Click the ‘Archive’ tab. It’s a common gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![naveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@naveen](https://forum.logik.tv/u/naveen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/3 "2021-12-03T15:33:50Z")
Have you **selected** the archive you are hoping to restore? I think that button is greyed out until you do that. ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/4 "2021-12-03T16:48:24Z")
Also, @joe99, as you continue to level up your Flame skills, consider joining the Discord server. There’s a bunch of us chit chatting daily and will likely be able to provide you with a bit faster response for these kinds of “Hey I must be missing something…” questions…in between arguing over what kind of tree is in @TimC 's back yard. > **[Join the Flame Logik Discord Server!](https://discord.com/invite/rt4m86JZXP)** > > Check out the Flame Logik community on Discord - hang out with 219 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat. ---
**Author:** ![ace\_elliott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ace_elliott/32/14664_2.png) [@ace\_elliott](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ace_elliott)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/5 "2021-12-03T18:43:49Z")
Yes, you can click and drag what you need from the archive over to your media library and then the button will let you click it ---
**Author:** ![andy\_dill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andy_dill/32/47_2.png) [@andy\_dill](https://forum.logik.tv/u/andy_dill)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/6 "2021-12-03T18:49:10Z")
> [@randy](#): > > Are you by chance on the ‘Files’ tab? Click the ‘Archive’ tab. It’s a common gotcha. @randy over here solving a good 70% of my archive restoration issues with this one. ---
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/7 "2021-12-07T15:26:40Z")
→ Are you by chance in the ‘Files’ tab? No -\>Have you selected the archive you are hoping to restore? I think the button is greyed out until you do that. yes -\>Yes, you can click and drag what you need from the archive over to your media library -\>and then the button will let you click it Wow… with the content of an Archived Session (e.g. Default Library, Batchgroups, Desktop-Back) this does work:) - Any ideas why the entire “Archived Session” cannot be dragged to the media library? (I did not yet delete the content of my media library because unless Restore does work like expected. I am reluctant tio delete it) - In addition it would be cool if the project-data (entered during project setup) could be restored as well… Thank’s for additional feedback. Joe ![Flame __Restore__ Screenshot 2021-12-06](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/2/2ec697c9c282debc8936ca4a54465ac328dd9998.png) ---
**Author:** ![cicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cicero](https://forum.logik.tv/u/cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/8 "2021-12-07T16:06:19Z")
In MediaHub \> Archives, browse down levels to the "Archive Session " level. The level below this has your original project name, and has the Flame logo next to it. Highlight this level (with the logo), and the Restore button will become available. (This is the same as @naveen says). If you now Restore Project, it will re-create your entire original project including all the original settings (Colour Policy, etc). We do this all the time (working on large longform projects which vary a lot in resolution/bit depth/colour pipeline), but for others it’s easier just to restore elements by dragging them into an existing project (like @ace_elliott says!). Depends on your job. ---
**Author:** ![AndyBrown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andybrown/32/708_2.png) [@AndyBrown](https://forum.logik.tv/u/AndyBrown)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/9 "2021-12-07T17:43:20Z")
> [@cicero](#): > > If you now Restore Project, it will re-create your entire original project including all the original settings (Colour Policy, etc). It’s worth mentioning that this creates a new project, rather than restoring it into the one that you have open. ---
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/10 "2021-12-09T15:41:48Z")
Thank you very much for the continued help:) -\>In MediaHub \> Archives, browse down levels to the "Archive Session " level -\>The level below this has your original project name, and has the Flame logo next to it Pls see the screenshots. I don’t know but it looks different… Question: Is it possible that I cannot restore the entire project because the original one is still in MediaHub? (was reluctant to delete it without being sure to be able to restore it) Joe ![Screenshot 2021-12-08 at 20.20.51](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/0/0f9b42dc5614a85b7a4a29b3ce72659c3fed2486.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2021-12-08 at 20.17.28](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/5/575468d737611840704152ffd2072a7e25357c0c.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2021-12-08_03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/0/0c02840bf38e3b865cbab2e081853aacae0e9e32.png) ---
**Author:** ![La\_Flame](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/la_flame/32/200_2.png) [@La\_Flame](https://forum.logik.tv/u/La_Flame)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/11 "2021-12-09T16:49:24Z")
Hi Joe, I believe that if a project exists with the same name and you try to do a project restore, Flame will not let you restore the project to prevent a conflict To get around this, you create a new project with a different name and drag the contents of the archive into this new project to do the restore. You could then validate that everything was restored correctly. Thanks Grant ---
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/restore-an-archive/4585/12 "2021-12-10T15:31:34Z")
Thank’s Grant for the feedback! I am going to try what you suggested. Joe