# Avatars lost after restore. How to get them back?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-lost-after-restore-how-to-get-them-back/148223
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [16 april 2020 om 10:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-lost-after-restore-how-to-get-them-back/148223 "2020-04-16T10:43:23Z")
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### Author: ![Overgrow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/overgrow/32/478189_2.png) [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)
#### Post date: [21 mei 2020 om 18:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-lost-after-restore-how-to-get-them-back/148223/57 "2020-05-21T18:53:59Z")

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> [@Iceman](#):
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> I have people trying to upload new ones and those new ones don’t work also, when you go look with the commands you gave me you can see a path that also doesn’t exist.

> [@Iceman](#):
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> If I write a message and include an image on it? It will show on the preview panel and will complete upload, yes, normal behavior.

So in which exact point that image stops showing?

Check url of that image you see and track it down to the filesystem.

Check url of images that don’t work (through web developer tools in browser). What is the difference?

Maybe they are pointing to different domain..

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