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title: "Project Restore"
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# Project Restore

> <IUCard title="Making Project Backups" link="https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/video/making-project-backups/7.9" />

## Project Restore/Import

There are two primary ways you can restore / import a project:

- **Gateway Webpage** -  imports the entire project.
- **In Designer using File > Import in the Menubar** - lets you import an entire project or select only the resources you want to import into your project. 

### To restore a project backup file in the Gateway Webpage

1. Go to the **Configure** section of the Gateway webpage.
2. Select **System** > **Projects**.
The **Projects** page is displayed and you can see your existing projects. 
3. Find the blue arrows at the bottom of the list of projects, and click on **Upload project from a `.proj` backup file...**.
The **Upload Project** page is displayed.

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4. Click on **Choose File**, select your `.proj` file from your browser, and click **Open**.
5. On **Upload Project** page, click on **Upload**.
If there is already a project with the same name, the **Project Name Conflict** page is displayed giving you the option to **Rename** the project or **Overwrite** it.

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6. Click **Apply**.
The Projects page is displayed again and you will see your new project is added to the list along with the other the projects. 

### To restore a project backup in the Designer

In the Designer, you can restore an entire project or selected resources from a project backup.
This example shows all the resources that were exported that you can restore from the project backup.

1. In Designer, select **File** > **Import**.

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2. Select  the project backup file (`.proj`)  from the default folder, and click **Open**.

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3. Select the resources from the project that you want to import. Press **Import**. 

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4. If there are any conflicts when importing your project resources, a dialogue box will appear and ask you to either **Overwrite**, **Rename**, or **Skip** the affected items. Once all conflicts have been resolved, save your project. 

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As of 7.9.8, you can now **Overwrite All** or **Skip All**.

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