# Deleted deck after download **URL:** \ **Category:** Syncing & AnkiWeb\ **Created:** [December 14, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleted-deck-after-download/5793 "2020-12-14T20:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@carmen](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/carmen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleted-deck-after-download/5793/1 "2020-12-14T20:50:58Z")
I wanted to upload my deck so that I could save it and send it to someone but it deleted my entire deck once I pressed sync -\> download. I have tried looking for the backups by going to file -\> switch profile -\> open backups The earliest backup I found is from today with all of my decks deleted. The only other backup is from a month ago with my older decks but not the one I made this past week for my exam. My exam is tomorrow morning and I really need this deck with 300+ terms, how can I recover it? ---
**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleted-deck-after-download/5793/2 "2020-12-15T05:21:52Z")
> [@carmen](#): > > The earliest backup I found is from today with all of my decks deleted. The only other backup is from a month ago with my older decks but not the one I made this past week for my exam. I think you’re out of luck recovering it from Anki unfortunately ☹ (Maybe some data recovery software can help, but I have no suggestions here) To avoid this happening again, please see [Introduction - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/syncing?id=conflicts) ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleted-deck-after-download/5793/3 "2020-12-15T11:34:16Z")
Anki should create a backup each time you close it. Did you leave the app open the whole week, or adjust the default backup settings? ---
**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, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleted-deck-after-download/5793/4 "2023-05-01T06:19:11Z")