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DaVinci Resolve · Projects and workflow

How to recover a DaVinci Resolve project

Updated 6 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

Open the Project Manager, right-click the project and choose Project Backups, then pick a backup by date and click Load. Turn on Live Save and Project Backups in Preferences > User > Project Save and Load so Resolve keeps saving as you work.

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6 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Open the Project Manager
  2. 02Open the backups
  3. 03Load a backup
  4. 04Turn on Live Save
  5. 05Turn on Project Backups
  6. 06Export a copy

  1. 01

    Open the Project Manager

    Click the house icon at the bottom right, or choose File > Project Manager.

  2. 02

    Open the backups

    Right-click the project and choose Project Backups. Resolve lists the backups it has made, by date and time.

  3. 03

    Load a backup

    Select the newest backup from before the problem and click Load. Save it under a new name so you keep the original.

  4. 04

    Turn on Live Save

    Choose DaVinci Resolve > Preferences on Mac, or File > Preferences on Windows, then User > Project Save and Load. Tick Live Save.

  5. 05

    Turn on Project Backups

    In the same panel, tick Project Backups, set how often to back up, and choose a Project backup location on a different drive if you can.

  6. 06

    Export a copy

    For an extra safety copy, choose File > Export Project to save a .drp file you can import on any machine.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
Projects live in a project library (database), not in a file you save to the desktop. Back up the whole library from the Project Manager before you update Resolve or move machines.
Note 2
Project Backups only exist if the setting was on before the crash.

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From the help center

FAQ

Questions

Does DaVinci Resolve auto-save?
Only if Live Save or Project Backups is on in Preferences > User > Project Save and Load.
Where are DaVinci Resolve projects stored?
In a project library managed by the Project Manager. The Project backup location in Preferences shows where backups go.

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