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title: "Veeam Agent - Windows Restore Files"
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# Veeam Agent - Windows Restore Files

This article will cover the steps to restore files/folders using the Veeam Backup Agent on a Windows Server. A scenario is shown below in which files within a folder have accidentally been deleted and we’ll be restoring them from our Veeam instance.

As shown here, we have a folder in the Downloads directory with important files that were accidentally deleted. The folder is now completely empty.![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/01_no.files.png)

Firstly, we can go to the System tTray at the bottom right of your Windows GUI and open the Veeam backup agent by double-clicking on its icon which is spotted as a green ‘V’.![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/02_systray.icons.png)

The agent will open and show the initial status of the Backups along with the Server’s name. This example Server is called **“VEEAMWINAGENT”** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/03_Status.png)

As we have this interface open, we can direct our attention to starting the process. Click on the hamburger menu icon at the top left of the window, click on the **“<your PC name> Backups”** , then **“Restore file”**![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/04_start.png)

This will open the Restore Wizard in a new window and take you straight to the **“Restore Point”** section, where we can choose from a list of available recovery points. Choose the applicable restore point that has the data you need to restore and click **Next**.![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/05.select.png)

The wizard will then take you to a summary page where you can click “**Open”** to get to the backup contents![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/06_open.png)

It will now display the primary C: drive details you should be familiar with from your Windows server interface:![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/07_rootc.png)

Navigate to the files/folders you wish to restore and select or highlight them as needed![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/08_selectfiles.png)

Then click the Restore button at the top left when ready. You will be prompted for two choices for this restore based on what you’re trying to accomplish:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/09_restore.over.png) | Overwrite | Any files that already exist on your server will be overwritten with the data from the backup. |
| ![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/10_restore.keep.png) | Keep | Any files that already exist on your server will be kept as is, only new files from the backup will be restored. |

A status window will appear after you click the restore choice, updating the details as the restore progresses:![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/11_status1.png)

Depending on the amount of files, their size and other factors - the restoration may take some time. On completion, it will prompt as such,![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/12_status2.png)

Checking back in our target directory on our server, we can see the accidentally deleted files are in-fact restored successfully.![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/13_files.restored.png)