# Restore w/o Duplicati

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-w-o-duplicati/2968
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 20, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-w-o-duplicati/2968 "2018-03-20T21:43:01Z")
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### Author: ![kees-z](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kees-z/32/29_2.png) [@kees-z](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kees-z)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-w-o-duplicati/2968/2 "2018-03-20T23:10:10Z")

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This question has been asked more. Yes, it’s possible using a Python script:

> [@Independent restore program](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/independent-restore-program/2316):
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> I’ve been using Duplicati 2 for a while now on multiple machines. What has piqued my interest is whether there is any (informal) specification of the storage format, or, relatedly, whether somebody has attempted to implement an independent tool to restore the files (not using any Duplicati code). If it hasn’t been done, I’d like to try to do so. (I usually try to do such things for backup tools, purely for peace of mind – in case Duplicati stops recognizing existing backups.)

You can also use the `Duplicati.CommandLine.Recover.exe` tool to recover files from encrypted Duplicati archives:

> [@RecoveryTool Command options](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/recoverytool-command-options/2324):
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> Is their a list of command line options for restore? In particular to restore original file dates

You must download all files from the backend to local storage before using one of these tools.

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