# I restored a snapshot by mistake

Restoring a snapshot overwrites the contents of the CURRENT STATE with the contents of the selected snapshot. Before doing so, Nuvolos automatically creates a backup snapshot of the CURRENT STATE. To reverse the restoration, restore that backup snapshot.

For example, assume that your instance contains a snapshot named "*Snapshot1"*. If you restore Snapshot1 by mistake, the following two actions occur:

1. Nuvolos creates a backup snapshot of the CURRENT STATE containing its existing content, for example *"Snapshot1\_backup"*.
2. Nuvolos overwrites the contents of the CURRENT STATE with the contents of *"Snapshot1"*.

If you accidentally restored *"Snapshot1"* and want to reverse that action, restore *"Snapshot1\_backup"*. This will overwrite the **CURRENT STATE** again, restoring the content that was present before the first snapshot restoration.