# Restore a backup without creating duplicates

Keep a real backup, close the view and recognise an already saved count.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/countbench/guides/restore-safely

Audience: Supervisor

Keep a real backup, close the view and recognise an already saved count.

## Restore a backup without creating duplicates

1. **Keep an editable project backup**

   Keep an editable project backup.

   The real exporter prepares this file from the current count. Keep draft and incomplete status with the figures. A backup contains the original stock file, including hidden expected quantities.

2. **Return to saved counts**

   Return to saved counts.

   Closing the view does not delete a saved count. Your saved count remains on this device.

3. **Load the backup made in this lesson**

   Load the backup made in this lesson.

   This is the exact project download offered earlier in the lesson, kept only inside this training frame. Import a backup checks the whole file before anything is stored.

4. **Choose saved restoration**

   Choose saved restoration.

   Select saved storage before the duplicate check. The file stays in this browser and cannot overwrite a different version.

5. **Check for an already saved count**

   Check for an already saved count.

   Press Restore the count to perform the real saved-count check. An identical backup does not create a duplicate.

6. **Open the saved count instead of duplicating it**

   Open the saved count instead of duplicating it.

   An identical backup does not create a second count. Open the already saved count and check its figures.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/countbench/demo?guide=restore-safely&chapter=restore-safely&audience=office)

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