== Recovering Deleted QSOs ==

If you have inadvertently or erroneously deleted QSOs from your log and wish to recover them from a [[BackupRecovery|backup log file]] in which the deleted QSOs are present,

 1. on the Configuration window's '''Log''' tab, use the '''Log file''' panel to ''open'' the backup log file that contains the QSO to be recovered

 1. on the Configuration window's Log tab, check the '''Auxiliary''' box in the '''Log Panels''' panel

 1. on the Main window's '''Check Progress''' tab, click the '''Clear Select''' button at the bottom of the tab

 1. on the Main window's '''Log QSOs''' tab, 

   a. locate each QSO to be recovered and in the '''Auxiliary''' panel, set the '''select''' item to '''Y'''

   a. click the Filter panel's '''Sel''' button; the '''Log Page Display''' will contain only the QSOs to be recovered

 1. select the Main window's '''Export QSOs''' tab; when asked if you wish to remove the current '''Log Page Display''' filter, click the '''No''' button

 1. on the Main window's '''Export QSOs''' tab, set the Options panel to '''Export standard ADIF''', and then click the '''Start''' button to export an ADIF file containing the QSOs to be recovered

 1. on the Configuration window's '''Log''' tab, use the '''Log file''' panel to ''open'' your log file

 1. on the Main window's '''Import QSOs''' tab, set the '''ADIF style options''' panel to '''standard ADIF''', click the '''Start''' button, and select the ADIF file you created in step 6


If you don't have a backup log file containing the QSO inadvertently deleted from your log, you can [[LotWRecoveringLostQSOs|recover minimal information about the QSO from LoTW]].


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