# Ankiweb lost decks **URL:** \ **Category:** Syncing & AnkiWeb\ **Created:** [March 8, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870 "2025-03-08T00:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akii02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/akii02/32/27494_2.png) [@akii02](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/akii02)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/1 "2025-03-08T00:07:13Z")
Hi! Is there any way I can recover my decks made in AnkiWeb? For some reason when I sync it with my desktop, rhe decks I made was lost. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/2 "2025-03-08T00:35:15Z")
Can you say more about what happened? - Were you setting up syncing for the first time on your desktop? - Did you accidentally choose _upload to_ AnkiWeb instead of _download from_ AnkiWeb? - Is the copy on AnkiWeb the only place you had those decks? - Did you have _other_ decks on your desktop that you wanted to merge together with your AnkiWeb collection? Or was the collection on your desktop empty? ---
**Author:** ![akii02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/akii02/32/27494_2.png) [@akii02](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/akii02)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/3 "2025-03-08T00:38:06Z")
Yes on the first three questions. I had other decks existing on my desktop. Is there any way to recover it? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/4 "2025-03-08T01:00:07Z")
Thanks for clarifying! Since the first sync will be a one-way sync, if you have collections in both places, you need to preserve what you have on desktop so that you can download the AnkiWeb collection, and merge them together after that. [Syncing with AnkiWeb - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/syncing.html#merging-conflicts) There is a server-side backup from [6 Mar at 6am UTC](https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=606am&d=2025-03-06). Please confirm if you want me to restore that to your AnkiWeb account. ---
**Author:** ![akii02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/akii02/32/27494_2.png) [@akii02](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/akii02)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/5 "2025-03-08T01:07:37Z")
Can the backup date be around february? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/6 "2025-03-08T07:56:49Z")
You can’t select a specific date – server backups were made when they were made. Your account also has backups made on 27 Feb (smaller than the most recent one) and 20 Feb (tiny, possibly empty). Please confirm which backup you want me to restore. ---
**Author:** ![akii02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/akii02/32/27494_2.png) [@akii02](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/akii02)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/7 "2025-03-08T14:49:21Z")
Feb 19 if possible ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/8 "2025-03-08T15:24:51Z")
As I said – you **can’t** select a specific date. There are 3 backups, and I have listed them all. But if your mis-sync was today or yesterday – right before you posted – there’s no reason to go back to a date weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![akii02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/akii02/32/27494_2.png) [@akii02](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/akii02)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/9 "2025-03-08T23:50:05Z")
my mis sync was weeks ago though. But please, I’d like to confirm I want to restore such backups you have suggested. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/10 "2025-03-09T01:03:12Z")
The oldest one – from 20 Feb? ---
**Author:** ![akii02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/akii02/32/27494_2.png) [@akii02](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/akii02)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/11 "2025-03-09T02:12:28Z")
Yes please ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/12 "2025-03-09T05:45:58Z")
Okay, I’ve restored that. The next time you sync choose **download from AnkiWeb**. So _before_ you sync, make sure you follow the instructions above and preserve your local collection. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-lost-decks/56870/13 "2025-04-08T05:46:37Z")
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