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# Restore an Archived Folder

Follow these steps to restore a folder that was previously archived.

{% hint style="info" %}

### Note

You may not be able to restore folders archived from a different Cortex XSOAR version due to database changes between the versions.
{% endhint %}

1. Stop the Cortex XSOAR service using the appropriate command for your OS.
   * **`systemctl stop demisto`**
   * **`sudo service demisto stop`**
2. Navigate to the `/var/lib/demisto` filepath using the following command.

   **`cd /var/lib/demisto`**

   (Multi-tenant) - For multi-tenant deployments, go to **`/var/lib/demisto/tenants/`**`acc_{TENANT_NAME}`.
3. Create a directory named `archive` using the following command.

   **`mkdir archive`**
4. Restore the folder using the following command, where `folderName` is the name of the folder to restore.

   **` tar -C`` `` `*****`folderName`*****` `` ``-xvzf archive `**
5. Move the idx data back to the original `demistoidx` folder using the following command.

   **`mv archive/*2017 data/demistoidx`**
6. Move the partitions back to the original `partitionsData` folder using the following command.

   **`mv archive/*2017.db data/partitionsData`**
7. Start the Cortex XSOAR service using the appropriate command for your OS.
   * **`systemctl start demisto`**
   * **`sudo service demisto start`**


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