# Restore an overwritten form

**URL:** <https://forum.dimagi.com/t/restore-an-overwritten-form/2605>\
**Category:** Users\
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/restore-an-overwritten-form/2605 "2016-02-18T23:43:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Tinkamanyire](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@James\_Tinkamanyire](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/James_Tinkamanyire)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/restore-an-overwritten-form/2605/1 "2016-02-18T23:43:36Z")

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Hi All,

I would like to restore an overwritten form but it is an XML so there's no  
easy way to just click "Restore Form" just like we do for Archived Forms.  
This is a case creating form which is causing a case to disappear from the  
case list. It is the second time such an issue has happened and I think it  
occurred after a form edit.

Thanks,  
James

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**Author:** ![czue](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.dimagi.com/czue/32/493_2.png) [@czue](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/czue)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/restore-an-overwritten-form/2605/2 "2016-02-19T06:30:35Z")

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Hello,

If you view the edited form, you should find a link to the previous version  
at the top of the page:

[image: Inline image 1]

If you click on that there should be a button to restore that version:

[image: Inline image 2]

cheers,  
Cory

![](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/1X/7c2fa1f94f8017b04a5cc295329d7c8975607162.png)

![](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/1X/0e2b84071d72b438d1380ee7c5a7bd2153bb438d.png)

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> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 5:13 AM, James Tinkamanyire \< jamestinkamanyire@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I would like to restore an overwritten form but it is an XML so there's no  
> > easy way to just click "Restore Form" just like we do for Archived Forms.  
> > This is a case creating form which is causing a case to disappear from the  
> > case list. It is the second time such an issue has happened and I think it  
> > occurred after a form edit.
> > 
> > Thanks,  
> > James
> > 
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