How to Restore Your Backup Company File for QuickBooks Desktop?

 All the crucial and sensitive information about your business is intact in the form of your backup file. Restoring the backup files becomes necessary in unfavorable situations, such as when your original files become infected or damaged for some reason. Therefore, you should be well versed in how to backup and restore your company files in QuickBooks in case of an emergency.

We'll walk you through the simple steps to restore backup files in QuickBooks desktop. The only requirement is that you carefully read this guide and make sure you don't miss any steps.

 

Need to restore the backup company file for QuickBooks Desktop

Restoring the backup files in QuickBooks desktop becomes inevitable when your important QuickBooks files get corrupted for some reason. Under such circumstances, it becomes necessary to restore the backup of your original QuickBooks company files. A backup serves as a safe and secure repository for your crucial QuickBooks files.

 

Steps to Restore Backup file in QuickBooks Desktop

The process of restoring the backup of your essential company files in QuickBooks is quite easy. Follow the simple but essential instructions below to restore a local backup file using a CD, USB flash drive, local hard disc, or a network folder.

·         Put your backup file on a CD, USB flash drive, or other storage media if it isn't already there on your hard drive or in a network folder.

·         Go to the 'File' menu and select 'Open or Restore Company' in QuickBooks to launch the restore wizard.

·         Select "Restore a backup copy (.qbb)" as your choice.

·         After that, select "Next."

·         After deciding on "Local backup," click "Next."

·         On the screen, a window for opening a backup copy appears.

·         If necessary, navigate to the directory where the backup file with the ".qbb" extension was saved using the Look in drop-down arrow.

·         After selecting the backup file, click "Open."

·         Click "Next."

·         If necessary, use the drop-down arrow next to "Save in" to navigate to the directory where you want to restore the backup file.

·         Select the backup file and then hit on "Save."

·         Thus, the backup data file has been successfully restored.

 

With the QuickBooks Desktop software, we hope that this guide was able to assist you in file restoration process of QuickBooks desktop. We advise you to contact our QuickBooks desktop support pros right away if you encounter any obstacles because they have years of experience resolving all QB-related issues.