restoring a backup project

Question

I was editing a shape file in a Pro project and deleted data accidentally.  The edits were saved.  I would like to undo them.  Is there a way to restore a previous version of the shape file?  If I restore the previous version of the aprx, will it have the previous data in the shape file?

Eugene_Adkins · Accepted Answer

In your situation, my understanding would be that the aprx backup does not restore edits to a feature that have been saved. This would be the difference between the setup of the aprx and the existence of data in the data source itself. Once the data source has been changed, the aprx will only reflect the changes made to the feature itself.

rzufelt · Accepted Answer

If you are lucky enough to have the shapefiles on a windows folder with system restore enabled, you can get properties on the folder the shapefiles are in, look at the Previous Versions tab and select the files as they were on the respective date/time.

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