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title: "Performing Unstructured Data Recovery"
description: "You can restore entire file share or specific files and folders. To do this, perform the following steps: Click All > Veeam > Unstructured Data > Restore Sessions. Click New. Specify the name of the restore session."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/security_plugins_servicenow/guide/sn_restore_unstructured_data.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Managing Unstructured Data > Performing Unstructured Data Recovery"
dateModified: "2026-10-08"
---

# Performing Unstructured Data Recovery

You can restore entire file share or specific files and folders. To do this, perform the following steps:

 1. Click **All** > **Veeam** > **Unstructured Data** > **Restore Sessions**.
 2. Click **New**.
 3. Specify the name of the restore session.
 4. Select the backup and the restore point.
 5. Select the restore type:

    -   To restore entire file share, in the **Type** drop-down list, select *Entire File Share Restore*. If you want to restore the file share to a new location, specify the destination server and destination folder path.
    -   To restore specific files and folders, in the **Type** drop-down list, select *File Restore*. Then, specify paths to the objects in the **Items To Restore** field.

        ::: note

        Consider the following:

        -   If you restore files and folders from the file server, specify a full path to the objects. For example, `C:\Documents` or `C:\Documents\file.txt`.
        -   If you restore files and folders from the file share, specify a relative path to the objects, without the file share path. For example, for the `file.txt` file stored in the `\\srv01\share1\Folder1`, the path will be `\Folder1\file.txt`.

        :::

 6. If the file with the same name already exists in the target folder and you want to override it with the restored one, select the **Overwrite Existing Files** check box.
 7. To allow a specific user group to run this session, unlock the **User Groups** field and select a user group from the list.
 8. Click **Submit**. The restore session starts immediately. Restore session states are automatically updated every hour using REST API requests.

[![](images/file_backup_job_restore.png)](images/file_backup_job_restore.png){.toggle scale=80}