# Accidentally Deleted Media

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidentally-deleted-media/22278>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 13, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidentally-deleted-media/22278 "2022-08-13T14:23:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![johntan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@johntan](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/johntan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidentally-deleted-media/22278/1 "2022-08-13T14:23:23Z")

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Hello all, I accidentally deleted my collection media and deleted my trash as well… so now my 6000+ images are not able to be found. Is there a way to get the data back or anywhere I can navigate to backups?

Thank you so much for any help everyone!

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**Author:** ![BlackBeans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/blackbeans/32/2283_2.png) [@BlackBeans](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BlackBeans)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidentally-deleted-media/22278/2 "2022-08-13T14:30:41Z")

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See [the manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/backups.html) for instructions to see if you made backups, and how to restore them if you did.

Besides that, if you sync through AnkiWeb but have not synced since you deleted all your media, you may be able to recover your collection by forcing a one-way sync and choosing _Download_.

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**Author:** ![johntan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@johntan](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/johntan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidentally-deleted-media/22278/3 "2022-08-13T14:58:22Z")

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Hello BlackBeans,

Thank you for the reply! I found it by searching through my other Profiles, thank you so much for the help!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/accidentally-deleted-media/22278/4 "2023-05-01T04:06:51Z")

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