Please help! After a few minutes of searching, I think my only hope of recovering media is through the AnkiWeb backups, CMIIW. It’s pretty much the title. My laptop has low storage so I couldn’t help delete the 100+ mb of files in the collection.media folder. I realize that was a mistake, so I’m w…

If you haven’t synced already: [image] HELP! I deleted my Final Exam cards accidentally! Anki Desktop You can force a one-way sync and choose “Download from AnkiWeb”: [Syncing in Anki: One-Way Syncs] Otherwise, if you got AnkiDroid or AnkiMobile, you coul…

Unfortunately, my AnkiDroid is already synced… I actually first saw that something was wrong with the media using AnkiDroid.

Did you test whether the media is still showing on your cards when you review them on AnkiWeb? In case the media is gone, as a last resort you could write a private request to Damien, since he probably has the power to recover your media. [image] Online Backup Restore -- Accidenta…

They’re not showing on AnkiWeb either so I will try requesting. Thank you! Edit: Hey @kleinerpirat , so sorry for inconveniencing you. How do I write a private request to Damien? I feel like I’m missing something here.

I have restored your media, it should automatically download on the next sync. Future people with the same issue, please post on anki.tenderapp.com

I posted on the site but couldnt really get around it well. But thats mostly on my part. Thank you so much!!

I’ve same problem . please help me

See above: [image] dae: Future people with the same issue, please post on anki.tenderapp.com

Foolishly deleted all of my media to clear up space

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Foolishly deleted all of my media to clear up space

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