Skip to main content
R
RishavTheIDK
Participant
May 28, 2022
Question

Premiere Pro deleted the original file after replacing the file and cancelling the export

  • May 28, 2022
  • 4 replies
  • 2066 views

So I accidently replaced a video while exporting in adobe premiere pro and when i cancelled the export, it permanently deleted the original video! All my hard work is gone! How to get the deleted file back?

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    4 replies

    J
    Jeff5CDA
    Participant
    July 15, 2024

    I'm also having a similar issue with Adobe products. 

     

    It seems that when you select "Replace" to overwrite a file with the same name, Premiere first deletes that original file and starts to create a new file with the same name. Canceling an export would then stop the creation of the new file, resulting in no file being left behind on the drive. 

    Averdahl
    Community Expert
    AverdahlCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 15, 2024
    quote

    I'm also having a similar issue with Adobe products. 

     

    It seems that when you select "Replace" to overwrite a file with the same name, Premiere first deletes that original file and starts to create a new file with the same name. Canceling an export would then stop the creation of the new file, resulting in no file being left behind on the drive. 


    By @Jeff5CDA

     

    I guess that you use a older version of Premiere Pro, iow not version 24.5.0. Correct?

     

    It seem impossible to overwrite files in the latest version of Premiere Pro. I don´t know when this "feature" were introduced, but it is a welcome progress.

     

    If i try to export and choose to use the same name for the export as my source file i can no longer overwrite it. I do however get a error message telling me to choose another name for the exported file since the name i trying to use already exists in the project. So it seems that overwriting source files is not possible to do anymore.

     

    I did another test with mov-file as the source file. This time i get a dialog that offers me to keep bort or replace the file. If i click Replace the dialog just closes. If i then click the Export button once again i get the same Encoder Error dialog and Premiere Pro wont export until i change name, and the source file is not deleted.

     

     

     

     

    Z
    Zarith35003924dre4
    Participant
    January 24, 2024

    Im so glad someone has the same problem but its been so long ive tried everything i even tried getting file savers and nothing has worked 

     

    W
    Wxsabi
    Participant
    February 26, 2023

    Did you find a way around this? the same happens to me except it never asks me if I want to overwrite, it only gives me an error stating that I can't export because I'd be overwriting the file but it overwrites it anyways. On top of that, it will export a corrupt video because the source video is deleted and there's no where to get data from. I've been trying to find a default setting to add a suffix to the exported file so that this conflict doesn't happen anymore but to no avail.

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      May 28, 2022

      Do you mean the video, or the sequence? Sequences in Premiere don't 'exist' on disc, just as metadata within that project.

       

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
      R
      RishavTheIDKAuthor
      Participant
      May 28, 2022

      I meant the sequence, when I exported it then Premiere Pro allowed me to replace the original video but when I cancelled the video it overitted it and permanently deleted the original video and now it shows up as offline

      R
      RishavTheIDKAuthor
      Participant
      May 28, 2022

      Is there a way to get the original video back?

      Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
      Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices