# Restore a folder from UI **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [December 9, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223 "2020-12-09T22:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enboig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@enboig](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/enboig)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/1 "2020-12-09T22:26:30Z")
When I browse a snapshot, I can download a file from UI, but I cannot download a folder. Adding an option using right click (or a checkbox) would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/2 "2021-02-09T02:46:39Z")
It’s coming soon: > [@Restore functionality coming to KopiaUI](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-functionality-coming-to-kopiaui/280): > > Here’s a sneak peek of the upcoming restore functionality in KopiaUI: [[Kapture 2021 02 08 at 18 38 57] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuG6xMI-3DM) Please take a look and let me know if you have any feedback/ideas for improvement here. ---
**Author:** ![enboig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@enboig](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/enboig)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/3 "2021-02-14T16:15:11Z")
It looks great, especially having information about the progress. But (users always have a but…) it isn’t clear to me which files it is restoring. I _supose_ it is restoring all the files/folders in the list. I think a checkbox (with classic _check all, check none, invert check_) would help you when you only want one or some files/folders. Thanks for your work (and your time!) ---
**Author:** ![enboig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@enboig](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/enboig)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/4 "2021-04-22T15:31:39Z")
I used the restore (0.8.2) for a folder and it works perfectly. The same for some files (it saved my day restoring a project from a failed upgrade). The features I miss are: - Being able to check which files/folders to restore; for example when you need just 5 files from a folder. - Being able to restore directly to original path - In case of inplace folder restore, being able to choose between - **overwrite/merge** : overwrite restored files, keeping new ones in place. - **replace** : remove existing folders before restoring them, so new existing files/subfolders are removed. It would be useful when restoring a folder containing a git repo for example. ![kopia_restore](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kopia/original/1X/5af748a84f0901f69627e4dad52c873c0c560022.png) ---
**Author:** ![kwag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b4bc9f/32.png) [@kwag](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kwag)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/5 "2021-04-23T03:41:09Z")
This would be a wonderful addition, and probably the only one that’s missing for the complete set of restore options. ---
**Author:** ![xxxliqu1dxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f08c70/32.png) [@xxxliqu1dxxx](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/xxxliqu1dxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/6 "2021-05-06T14:13:52Z")
Is there supposed to be a progress bar when restoring? I am restoring a 117gb file right now, I can see kopia.exe running in the background, but no statistics on its progress… same for the UI - nothing? ---
**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/7 "2021-05-06T15:35:11Z")
Yeah, single file does not currently have intra-file progress, but this can be done. Patches welcome. ---
**Author:** ![M1nus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/m1nus/32/953_2.png) [@M1nus](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/M1nus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/restore-a-folder-from-ui/223/8 "2024-02-21T21:30:47Z")
Sorry for weird question, just a few days since I started using your tool, but still don`t see any multiselection option, it is easy to restore single file, but very bad usability experience for restore a few files or folder. Do you plan to implement such a thing?