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This article explains how to restore file versions of files which have been changed or deleted by a an other member or device. The client offers two different wizards, depending on the fact if you selected one or multiple file.

In both scenarios please activate the advanced settings in the preferences of the client.

Restoring a single file versions

The wizard to restore single files offers the possibility to select from a number of previous versions instead of just restoring the last version. Furthermore it can restore a file version to an alternative location instead of overwriting the current file.

To restore a single file:

1. Click on Show Folders in the main window.
2. Click on the folder in which you want to restore files.
3. Click on the Files tab in the panel which opened up to the right of the main window.
4. Browse through your folder structure and click on the file you want to restore a previous version from. Then click on Restore.
   Restoring deleted files: If the file has not been overwritten with a new version, but has been deleted, you have to set the file list filter above the filesystem navigation to Deleted files first.
5. In the wizard popping up click on the version you want to restore.
6. Once you have selected the version you can choose to overwrite the existing version restoring the the file to the original location or restore the file to an alternative location. Please make your choice and click on Next.
7. Done. The file should have been restored to the location specified. If you restored the file to the original location, this change will be propagated to all other folder members as well. 

Deleting existing file versions

1. Enable the advanced mode.
2. After the restart click on the folder to open its settings.
3. There you will find the Local file version and Online file version.
4. Press on the x beneath the version history that you want to purge.
   1. Local file version is not counted to your quota but is using disk space. If you have low disk space you should reduce the number of version that get stored locally.
   2. Online file version are counted to your quota. By deleting those you free your quota again.