# 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")\
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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
> 
> Before you are able to restore your backup file, you need to enable the `allow restore` site setting.

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