# Accidentally deleting scripts?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accidentally-deleting-scripts/16181>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 30, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accidentally-deleting-scripts/16181 "2017-11-30T17:58:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mrogers/32/4110_2.png) [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accidentally-deleting-scripts/16181/1 "2017-11-30T17:58:33Z")

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I’ve noticed that it seems remarkably easy to accidentally delete scripts. I don’t really know how it even happens. Maybe its because I have two panels on the left in the designer (tag browser, then project browser), sometimes when I have some window open editing it, then click to a script - the two columns disappear and move into two panels on top of each other, and sometimes the one I was going to click disappeared. Poof. Can’t Ctrl+Z. I have no idea why this happens… I just have to hope I had saved recently, then exit and open designer again.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accidentally-deleting-scripts/16181/2 "2017-11-30T18:59:48Z")

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In a pinch, export your project before re-opening (without saving). Then you can selectively import what you were working on.