# Bisq seeds after formatting desktop

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/bisq-seeds-after-formatting-desktop/10580>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-seeds-after-formatting-desktop/10580 "2021-03-24T11:02:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mar](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/mar/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Mar](https://bisq.community/u/Mar)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-seeds-after-formatting-desktop/10580/1 "2021-03-24T11:02:14Z")

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help me? after formatting desktop I put the seeds and the previous balance did not appear, it was reset, what do I do to recover?

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-seeds-after-formatting-desktop/10580/2 "2021-03-25T10:14:52Z")

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What version are you at? Does _funds - transactions_ find any transactions?  
Why didn’t you import a backup, which is the recommended way to export your data?

[https://bisq.wiki/Backing\_up\_application\_data](https://bisq.wiki/Backing_up_application_data)