# Accidental deck deletion and sync - Need data restore⁠ **URL:** \ **Category:** Syncing & AnkiWeb\ **Created:** [June 13, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080 "2026-06-13T02:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kakino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@kakino](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kakino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/1 "2026-06-13T02:06:40Z")
I accidentally deleted my deck and synchronized. I have lost all local backups. Is it possible to restore my collection to a snapshot from 11 June 2026 ? I have my AnkiWeb account email ready, please let me know how I can provide it to you securely (e.g., via private message). Thanks you ! ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/4 "2026-06-13T04:47:00Z")
> [@kakino](#): > > I have my AnkiWeb account email ready I can see the email address you used to post here. If your AnkiWeb account is associated with a different address, please add it here (to your account in the Forum) as an alternate/secondary address. > [@kakino](#): > > I accidentally deleted my deck and synchronized. I have lost all local backups. Your local _automatic_ backups are hard to lose – [Restoring an Automatic Backup (Recovering from Data Loss) - Anki FAQs](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/restoring-an-automatic-backup-recovering-from-data-loss.html) . Have you checked there? The next place to check would be your Deletion Log – [Backups - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/backups.html#deletion-log) . ---
**Author:** ![kakino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@kakino](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kakino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/5 "2026-06-13T04:54:44Z")
I have added my AnkiWeb email to my forum account preferences. Regarding your suggestions: I have double-checked the ⁠backups⁠ folder and the deletion log, but unfortunately, they are empty/do not contain the data from before the deletion. I am still unable to find any local files. Since I have synchronized the deletion, my AnkiWeb account is currently empty… Is there any possibility to restore my collection from a server-side snapshot ? Thanks you ! ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/6 "2026-06-13T07:39:27Z")
> [@kakino](#): > > I have added my AnkiWeb email to my forum account preferences. I still see just the primary address that I saw initially – an `icloud.com` email address. Is that the one? The AnkiWeb account for that address isn’t empty. > [@kakino](#): > > I have double-checked the ⁠backups⁠ folder and the deletion log, but unfortunately, they are empty/do not contain the data from before the deletion. I am still unable to find any local files. It’s not possible to delete those from inside the app by deleting a deck. So either you’re not looking in the right place, or you deleted something some other way. ---
**Author:** ![kakino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@kakino](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kakino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/7 "2026-06-13T09:34:33Z")
Thank you for your patience. I apologize for the confusion regarding my email addresses. My AnkiWeb sync email is the same as the one I am using for this forum account. I admit that I accidentally deleted the local files/deck and then synchronized, which caused the deletion to sync to AnkiWeb as well. I have confirmed that my other decks are still present, but my ‘Kanji’ « 漢字 » deck is missing. I am sorry for the trouble, and I am currently keeping my device offline to avoid any further accidental syncs. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/8 "2026-06-13T22:06:52Z")
That clears up the account, thank you. But if you only deleted the one deck, from _inside_ Anki, it should be there in your backups. So, maybe you deleted your entire profile folder, from _outside of_ Anki? But then how were you able to recover your other decks? > [@kakino](#): > > Is it possible to restore my collection to a snapshot from 11 June 2026 ? I’m not asking all of these questions just to bother you. I’m asking them because the answer to your main question is “no.” Server-side backups are made much less frequently than local backups, so you can’t pick a specific date to restore. In your account, the last backup was created a few days before that – [click for timestamp in your local time zone](https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=1914&d=2026-06-08) – so if I restore that version you would lose any progress you’ve made since then. If you’re convinced that version is your only/best option to recover that deck, you can minimize data loss if you – 1. Create a fresh (temporary) profile – [Profiles - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/profiles.html) . 2. **Confirm that you want me to restore that older version and overwrite your AnkiWeb account.** [I’ll let you know when that’s done.] 3. Set up your temp profile to sync with your AnkiWeb account, and _download from AnkiWeb_. 4. Find the missing deck and export it as APKG, with scheduling. 5. Return to your main profile. On sync, _upload to AnkiWeb_ to keep your more current version of your collection. 6. Import the APKG of the missing deck, and sync again. 7. [Clean up by deleting the temp profile.] ---
**Author:** ![kakino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@kakino](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kakino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/9 "2026-06-13T22:49:17Z")
Thank you very much for the clear instructions and for your help. Losing a few days of progress is perfectly fine for me, as recovering the Kanji deck is the priority. I am ready to follow the steps you provided. Please go ahead with the restoration of that version to my AnkiWeb account. I will wait for your confirmation before creating the temporary profile and downloading from AnkiWeb. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/10 "2026-06-14T00:36:21Z")
That’s been restored. You can proceed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidental-deck-deletion-and-sync-need-data-restore/70080/11 "2026-07-14T00:37:16Z")
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