# Restoring your Profiles

Follow this procedure in a circumstance where you need to restore a previous backup of your profiles.

1. From the Tools menu, select Profiles > Restore....
   A browser window is displayed.
2. Browse to and select your previous backup file (profiles_paf.xml).
   Note: The recommended location is your Documents folder for your user account:

       D:\Users\<firstname.lastname>\Documents

3. Click Open.
   Your profiles are restored and available in the Profiles list.