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# Restore an Archived Folder

Restore an archived Cortex XSOAR 6.15 data folder when access to archived data is required.

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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