--- title: File Level Restore in Cloud Director description: How to do a file level restore of VM data that is backed up. --- [Skip to content](https://kb.vsystems.com/file-level-restore-in-cloud-director#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![VSystems_Decked_Grey_4col-1.png\]](https://kb.vsystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/VSystems_Decked_Grey_4col-1.png?height=40&name=VSystems_Decked_Grey_4col-1.png) - [Home](https://www.vsystems.com/) - [About Us](https://www.vsystems.com/about/) - [Contact Us](https://www.vsystems.com/contact/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://www.vsystems.com/) - [About Us](https://www.vsystems.com/about/) - [Contact Us](https://www.vsystems.com/contact/) - English Show submenu for translations - Contact us Contact us Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://kb.vsystems.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Backup and Disaster Recovery](https://kb.vsystems.com/backup-and-disaster-recovery?hsLang=en) # File Level Restore in Cloud Director ## How to do a file level restore of VM data that is backed up. 1. Log into the Cloud Director organization. 2. Expand **More** > click on **Data Protection with Veeam**.![](https://kb.vsystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-09-32-8752-PM.png?width=688&height=322&name=image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-09-32-8752-PM.png) 3. Click on the **Files** tab. ![](https://kb.vsystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-09-16-1367-PM.png?width=688&height=380&name=image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-09-16-1367-PM.png) 4. Click on the **Pick from List...** link. ![](https://kb.vsystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-09-55-7087-PM.png?width=688&height=380&name=image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-09-55-7087-PM.png) 5. Select the VM that contains the files to be restored > click **Select**.![](https://kb.vsystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-11-18-8472-PM.png?width=561&height=577&name=image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-11-18-8472-PM.png) 6. The latest restore point will load. If you need an earlier restore point, click on the Calendar icon to browse to a different restore point. After selecting a directory, it will present the backed up directory structure to browse.![](https://kb.vsystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-16-52-7929-PM.png?width=688&height=333&name=image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-16-52-7929-PM.png) 7. Once you've found the item needing to be restore, select the item > click **Restore**.![](https://kb.vsystems.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-20-38-1174-PM.png?width=688&height=97&name=image-png-Feb-06-2025-04-20-38-1174-PM.png) 8. Choose the option that best describes what the desired outcome is: 1. If you select **Overwrite**, the object from the backup will replace the original object on the target machine. 2. If you select **Keep**, the object from the backup will be restored next to the original object on the target machine. The restored object will have the \_RESTORED\_\_