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title: "Step 4. Select Files to Restore"
description: "At the Data step of the wizard, choose files that you want to restore: Select a file type to search for all files of this type that belong to the organization selected at step 3."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Salesforce Restore > Creating Restore Jobs > Restoring Files > Step 4. Select Files to Restore"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
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# Step 4. Select Files to Restore

At the **Data** step of the wizard, choose files that you want to restore:

1. Select a file type to search for all files of this type that belong to the organization selected at [step 3](restore_file_organization.md). For a file type to be displayed in the list of available types, at least one file of this type must have a backup. 

   When selecting a file type, consider the following:

   - If you select the *Attachment* or *ContentVersion* file type, you will be able to narrow down the search scope by specifying a Salesforce object that is associated with files of this type.
   - If you select the *ContentVersion* file type, you will be able to choose the version of each file that will be restored — to do that, click the link in the **Version** column and select the necessary file version from the **Restore point** drop-down list. 

     To help you choose a version, Veeam Backup for Salesforce displays both the content of the selected backed-up file and the content of the file currently stored in Salesforce. If you want to view only those fields that have changed since the backup was created, set the **Compare changes** toggle to *On*.

   ::: important

   - When you restore any of the previous content versions of an existing Salesforce document, Salesforce creates a new version of this Content Document. 
   - When you restore an attachment, Veeam Backup for Salesforce creates a new file with the same file name and new ID. If the source file still exists, the file content is be updated.

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2. Click **Search** and select check boxes next to the necessary files. 

   By default, you can select up to 500,000 of files for one restore session. To change this limit, modify the `ui.restore.max.selected.records` parameter value as described in section [Configuring Advanced Settings](advanced_settings.md).

::: note

If you select the *Document* file type and choose a document whose folder no longer exists in Salesforce, Veeam Backup for Salesforce will automatically restore this folder when restoring the document.

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## Configuring Filtering Settings

Consider that Veeam Backup for Salesforce displays the maximum number of 500 files per page. <a id="filters"></a>If you want to apply specific search conditions and reduce the number of search results, or if you want to select specific Salesforce fields to be displayed in the search results, click **Customize** in the **Filters and display fields** field.

Veeam Backup for Salesforce provides a number of built-in conditional operators (such as *contains*, *equals*, *starts with*, *is null* and so on) that can be used to send requests to databases. Keep in mind that the time required to process a request depends on the operator you use — for example, processing a request with the *equals* operator will take less time than processing a request with the *contains* operator.

::: note

The **Value** field is case sensitive for the following operators: *starts with*, *ends with*, *equals*, *in*, *not equal to*, *not in*.

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By default, filters are combined by the AND logical operator. That is, a file is displayed in the search results only if all the specified conditions are met. You can change this behavior by combining filters using different operators. To do that, set the **Use filter logic** toggle to *On*, and specify the filter logic expression using condition ordinal numbers, brackets and logical operators — for example, *1 AND (2 OR 3) AND NOT 4*.

[![Restoring Files](images/restore_files_data.png "Restoring Files")](images/restore_files_data.png){.toggle scale=60}

::: tip

You can download up to 10 files to the local machine. To do that, select the necessary files and click **Download**. Note that if the selected files are encrypted, only users assigned the *Administrator* and *Backup Operator* roles will be able to download these files.

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