# Need to retrieve my data

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-to-retrieve-my-data/183154>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-to-retrieve-my-data/183154 "2017-03-06T21:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-to-retrieve-my-data/183154/1 "2017-03-06T21:22:35Z")

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I accidentally deleted my all my libraries on plex by trying to do the backup and restore. i dont want to have to add them all back again and have to find the posters i added. is there any way to get that all back??? PLEASE HELP

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**Author:** ![Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bartlomiej_baraniec/32/14531_2.png) [@Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bartlomiej_Baraniec)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-to-retrieve-my-data/183154/2 "2017-03-06T21:35:02Z")

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PMS is doing by default a database backup. Do you have it?

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**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-to-retrieve-my-data/183154/3 "2017-03-06T21:35:56Z")

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what is that?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-to-retrieve-my-data/183154/4 "2017-03-06T21:49:41Z")

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> **[Restore a Database Backed Up via 'Scheduled Tasks' | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/)**
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> One of the many Scheduled Tasks that a Plex Media Server performs is to make regular backups of the core...

If you or the [automated server maintenance](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201553286-Scheduled-Tasks "automated server maintenance") performed a ‘clean bundles’ operation, your posters may stay absent, though.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-to-retrieve-my-data/183154/5 "2020-01-07T22:53:15Z")

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