# How to restore from a backup

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 14, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249 "2019-08-14T08:01:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![keuspastis](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/keuspastis/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@keuspastis](https://bisq.community/u/keuspastis)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249/1 "2019-08-14T08:01:37Z")

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Hi there,

I changed computer and have a backup folder from June 2018 and I am trying to restore it on this new computer by using the seed words and the wallet creation date but it doesn’t work.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Homard](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/homard/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Homard](https://bisq.community/u/Homard)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249/2 "2019-08-14T08:28:06Z")

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Hi,  
I suggest that you launch Bisq from a CLI (Command Line Interface).  
Type : `Bisq --userDataDir=‘thePathToYourBackupFolder’`  
This should work.

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**Author:** ![keuspastis](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/keuspastis/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@keuspastis](https://bisq.community/u/keuspastis)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249/3 "2019-08-14T08:32:43Z")

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What’s that “CLI (Command Line Interface)” ? How do I do that?

Not computer savvy.

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**Author:** ![Homard](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/homard/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Homard](https://bisq.community/u/Homard)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249/4 "2019-08-14T08:56:08Z")

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> **[Command-line interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface)**
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> A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user-friendly alternative to the non-interactive interface available with punched cards.
> Today, most computer users rely on graphical user interfaces ("GUIs") instead of CLIs. However, many programs and operating system utilities lack GUIs, and are intended to be used...

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**Author:** ![huey](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/huey/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@huey](https://bisq.community/u/huey)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249/5 "2019-08-14T17:18:17Z")

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@keuspastis this will help [https://docs.bisq.network/backup-recovery.html#restore](https://docs.bisq.network/backup-recovery.html#restore)

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**Author:** ![keuspastis](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/keuspastis/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@keuspastis](https://bisq.community/u/keuspastis)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-restore-from-a-backup/8249/6 "2019-08-15T02:12:40Z")

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Thanks heaps, that worked beautifully and was easy to do. 🙏