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February 14, 2024
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How to restore a replaced file in Premiere Pro

  • February 14, 2024
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I am a Premiere Pro beginner and I just started a new project. Because I didn't name my former project, I accidentally replaced it with the new project also named 'Untitled' by even clicking 'Replace' out of a relfex. Now I am panicking very bad, because the other project seems gone and unrecoverable due to the replacemant. It is really important for me that I get it back, but since I am working in Adobe Cloud, I don't see any way how to, as most video's on YouTube direct me to the local disk, where it never was... So the question I have for you is: How do I recover a replaced file?

 

Btw, I think Adobe should fix this by atleast naming the other project just Untitled (2) or something, instead of replacing it. As a beginner, I basically didn't even know how to name the project at first. Now I see I can do this at the left bar. I feel so stupid, but I am also really tired as it's midnight.

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MyerPj
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 19, 2024

BTW: Here's a good free plugin, that would help you keep various copies of your projects and sequences as you go...

https://hyperbrew.co/tools/version-raptor/

 

Participant
November 19, 2024

You see they would have a title naming feature..... if Adobe Premiere Pro was actually GOOD.

Warren Heaton
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 19, 2024

@matthew_3043 

Are you thinking something other than having the Project Name text file highlighted in the New Project dialog box?

 


Or something other than the Save Project dialog box that informs the user that the project already exists?

 

Warren Heaton
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 15, 2024

If you cannot locate the Auto-Save folder, try searching for files that have the ".prproj" file extension.  Thoes are your Premiere Pro project files.

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 15, 2024

Hopefully, you will find an auoisave, as suggested by Jeff Bugbee.

 

In the future, you should consider backing up your projects, as well as saving them.

Please see Schofield's Second Law:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/follow-schofields-three-laws-of-computing-and-avoid-disasters/

 

Jeff Bugbee
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 15, 2024

Check your Project Preferences - make sure you are auto saving

 

Participant
February 15, 2024

Autosave was on, backup was not.. Can I do something with it? There's no autosaves in Team Project Hub, the location where it autosaves..

Jeff Bugbee
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 15, 2024

File - Project Settings - Scratch Disks.

Check the location of your auto save