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description: Learn how to restore a single certificate from the last backup taken by Shine Forms.
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Because you might lose some of your latest work, only proceed if you have been instructed to do this by Shine Forms Support.
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This article shows how to restore a single certificate from the last [automatic backup](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/backup#automatic-backups).

- Restoring a certificate from the incremental backup will remove the existing certificate and replace it with what was in the last incremental backup.
- The process cannot be reversed and you might lose work.
- Make sure you are only doing this if you have been instructed to do so by Shine Forms Support!

# Restoring a certificate from the last incremental backup

To restore a backup from the last automatic incremental backup, follow the steps below.

Open Shine Forms and select the certificate you want to restore in the **Home Screen**:

![Shine Forms home screen](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/_img/home-screen.png)

Hold down the **Ctrl** and **Shift** keys on your keyboard and then press the **R** key.  Shine Forms will ask you to confirm that you want to proceed with the restore:

![Confirm incremental restore in Shine Forms](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/_img/incremental-restore-confirm-1.png)

To be able to proceed, you need to tick the box at the bottom and then click **Yes**:

![Confirm incremental restore with checkbox in Shine Forms](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/_img/incremental-restore-confirm-2.png)

Shine Forms will then restore the certificate from the backup and confirm when completed.

![Incremental restore complete in Shine Forms](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/_img/incremental-restore-complete.png)