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What are the steps to Restore a Backup file in QuickBooks Desktop?

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James Ryter
What are the steps to Restore a Backup file in QuickBooks Desktop?

Your backup file contains all the important financial data pertaining to your business. In untoward situations, when your original files get infected or damaged for some reason, you are left with the only option of resorting to your backup files. Under such circumstances, you should be familiar with the process to restore the backup of company files. This article unravels an easy step-by-step walkthrough to guide you through the steps to restore a backup file in QuickBooks desktop. For technical assistance, you may call our certified team of experts at the helpline 1 800 761 1787.


Perform the below given steps to restore the backup of the company files in your copy of QuickBooks Desktop.


•       First of all, put your backup file on a CD, USB flash drive, or other storage device if it's not on your hard drive or in a network folder.

•       To access the restore wizard in QuickBooks, head to the File menu and choose the Open or Restore Company option.

•       Choose the option to Restore a backup copy (.qbb).

•       After that, click Next. Then , choose the Local Backup option.

•       After choosing Local backup, click on the Next button.

•       On the screen, the window for opening a backup copy pops up.

•       Use the drop-down arrow next to Look in to go to the directory where the.qbb file was saved.

•       Choose the backup file, then click Open.

•       Choose Next.

•       If you need to, click the Save in drop-down arrow and go to the place where you want to restore the backup file.

•       Choose the file you want to back up, then click Save.

•       So, the process of restoring the backup file is done.


The process to restore backup files in QuickBooks is pretty easy. We hope that by performing the steps mentioned within the ambit of this article helped you in restoring your backup files in QuickBooks without any hassle. If you find technical intricacy at any point, just give our QuickBooks experts a call at 1 800 761 1787. Help is just a call away. 

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