# Deleted app / lost design

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/deleted-app-lost-design/18482>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/deleted-app-lost-design/18482 "2022-04-01T18:23:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mina/32/3457_2.png) [@Mina](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mina)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/deleted-app-lost-design/18482/1 "2022-04-01T18:23:27Z")

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Hi! I deleted the app and when I reinstalled it I saw that all my designs disappeared, all my work from the last years! Can anything be recovered? I’m shocked!

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/deleted-app-lost-design/18482/2 "2022-04-01T18:42:23Z")

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Not unless you saved the files to an external file location, such as iCloud. Otherwise the files reside within the app.

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**Author:** ![Einar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Einar](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Einar)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/deleted-app-lost-design/18482/3 "2022-04-01T23:10:22Z")

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Yeah I’ve had the exact same issue. It was heartbreaking. Two years (almost) of work Gone in a second. In my case I bought a new Ipad and thought the files were saved in the cloud. For this to happen you need to export and save the file. As I understand it Shapr3D is currently developing a cloud-based service which will solve these types of problems. Sorry for your loss