How to Restore a Unity Accounting® Company From a Backup File

This article explains how to restore a Unity Accounting® backup file used the Advanced Restore feature.

The circumstances in which you might do an advanced restore are the following:

• Your company file is damaged and you need to restore an entire backup of the company file.
• You are moving your company file from one computer to another.

Assuming you have already made a backup using the Backup & Restore feature in Unity Accounting®, you can follow the steps below to proceed with a restore.

1. Go to the computer that hosts your Unity Accounting® company files.
2. Launch Unity Accounting®, select the company file you want to restore to and log in using an Unity Accounting® administrative account with access to the Backup & Restore feature.
3. Select Maintenance > Backup & Restore.
4. On the bottom of the window select Advanced Restore.
5. Browse for and select the backup file you want to restore.
6. The option to overwrite the company file will be checked.  To continue to restore the backup and overwrite the company file select the Restore Now button.