# Backing up personal metadata **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Created:** [January 30, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backing-up-personal-metadata/534920 "2020-01-30T14:38:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stevejp1978\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@stevejp1978\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stevejp1978_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backing-up-personal-metadata/534920/1 "2020-01-30T14:38:44Z")
I just accidentally deleted one of my libaries containing over 1000 titles that i manually added metadata to. Before I start this again… can i back up my created metadata? I can’t spend hours and hours doing this again ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backing-up-personal-metadata/534920/2 "2020-01-30T22:48:19Z")
You should be able to restore the database. This should at least help getting back your manually edited titles / descriptions. For posters/backdrops etc. it’ll depend on how you deleted your media and if the Plex data folder is still intact. > **[Restore a Database Backed Up via 'Scheduled Tasks' | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/)** > > One of the many Scheduled Tasks that a Plex Media Server performs is to make regular backups of the core... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backing-up-personal-metadata/534920/3 "2020-04-29T23:01:40Z")
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