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title: "How-to Restore Files and Folders to Your Desktop"
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# How-to Restore Files and Folders to Your Desktop

### Introduction

Restoration of individual files and/or folders should be utilized when a smaller subset of data is needed for restore. Through the native HTML5 GUI on Cloud Data Protection these files can be downloaded directly to your local machine. This recovery method is extremely useful when restoring individual files or folders at the request of an end user.

### Procedure

1. [Login](/v1/docs/how-to-access-cloud-data-protection) to the respective Cloud Data Protection system
2. From the navigation bar at the top of the page, select the **Data Protection** → **Recoveries** tab  
   
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065589895.png)
3. Select the **Recover** button and then **Files or Folders**   
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065589950.png)
4. Utilize the search utility to locate the file(s) and/or folder(s) to be restored
  1. You can search by either the name of the file or by the path of the file
  2. Wildcards and partial names are supported  
  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065590002.png)
  3. **Click** the desired file or folder to restore and choose the snapshot you wish to recover from  
   
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065590045.png)
  4. Select **Download Now*Deduplication Limitation*Note: NTFS drives configured with Windows Data Deduplication are not supported for download in browser functionality****
    1. If you are restoring a single file the download will begin automatically in your browser
    2. If you are restoring a single folder a recovery task will begin
      1. Upon selecting **Download Now** you will be presented a message stating a recovery task has been created, select **Click here** to be redirected to the task  
   
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065590088.png)
  5. If you wish to download multiple files or folders in a single task, select **Add More** until you have selected all the files you wish to restore, then select **Download Now**
5. Utilize the **Browse or Specify path** option to search by a path
  1. Search by the name of the server or the protection job
  2. Wildcards and partial names are supported  
  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065590126.png)
  3. **Click** the desired source to explore the file system
  4. Utilize the File Explorer to locate the files you wish to recover  
  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065590190.png)
  5. Once you have located the file select **Download File**
    1. The download will begin automatically in your browser
6. Larger downloads or recoveries that generate a recovery task may take several minutes to become available. The **Recovery Overview** page can be accessed by selecting the **Protection** → **Recovery** tab if you have not yet been redirected there. Uf the recovery task is still in progress the screen will appear as below  
   
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065590226.png)
7. Select **Download Files** to download the files in .zip format  
   
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613065590259.png)
8. Upon success of the restore you will have a either a .zip file containing the restored data or the restored file in your Downloads directory for your browser