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# DigitalOcean control panel: restore a Droplet from a backup

## Steps
1. Click the name of the Droplet, then click Backups.
2. In the Droplet backups section, open the More menu of the backup to restore.
3. Choose Restore Droplet.
4. In the Restore Droplet window, confirm by clicking Restore Droplet.

## End state
The Droplet's disk is restored to the selected backup's state (restoring from a backup can be undone only by restoring to a different, later backup or snapshot).

Source: vendor documentation as of 2026-11-02; not observed in a live UI.

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