# Restore button not active

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** backups
**Created:** [January 13, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304 "2026-01-13T09:07:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Saiano](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/saiano/32/153394_2.png) [@Saiano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saiano)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304/1 "2026-01-13T09:07:23Z")

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Hi, I’m moving my forum in a new server.  
Trying to restore an s3 backup I dont’t have restore button….  
Is it due to different discourse version?

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304/2 "2026-01-13T09:13:05Z")

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Is the `allow restore` setting enabled?

> [@Create, download, and restore a backup of your Discourse database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-download-and-restore-a-backup-of-your-discourse-database/122710/1):
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> ## Restore a backup
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> Before you are able to restore your backup file, you need to enable the `allow restore` site setting.

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### Author: ![Saiano](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/saiano/32/153394_2.png) [@Saiano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saiano)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304/3 "2026-01-13T09:21:56Z")

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Yes “allow restore” is switched to on.

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304/4 "2026-01-13T09:29:38Z")

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Is `enable_backups` enabled too?

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### Author: ![Saiano](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/saiano/32/153394_2.png) [@Saiano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saiano)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304/5 "2026-01-13T09:34:45Z")

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oh! This solved. Thank you.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-button-not-active/393304/6 "2026-01-19T14:00:13Z")

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