# How open the GWBK file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511 "2023-09-22T15:21:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![nabil\_hocini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nabil\_hocini](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nabil_hocini)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/1 "2023-09-22T15:21:11Z")

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hello everyone, could you show me the way to open the .GWBK files, please?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/2 "2023-09-22T15:22:10Z")

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It's a zip file.

Are you really asking how to restore one into Ignition? Or is that it?

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**Author:** ![nabil\_hocini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nabil\_hocini](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nabil_hocini)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/3 "2023-09-22T15:35:06Z")

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no, they are on .GWBK files

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/4 "2023-09-22T15:45:24Z")

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Rename it as .zip. Then extract the contents.

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**Author:** ![nabil\_hocini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nabil\_hocini](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nabil_hocini)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/5 "2023-09-22T18:37:59Z")

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and which file i can open it after extraction

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/6 "2023-09-22T18:39:01Z")

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What are you wanting to do?

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**Author:** ![nabil\_hocini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nabil\_hocini](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nabil_hocini)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/7 "2023-09-22T18:39:56Z")

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open a file .GWBK in launcher or perspective

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-open-the-gwbk-file/79511/8 "2023-09-22T18:41:14Z")

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Take a look at this resource in our documentation: [Gateway Backup and Restore - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+Backup+and+Restore)

It seems that what you're needing/wanting to do is to _restore_ that gateway backup file (`.gwbk`) to a running instance of Ignition.