# Loss of layers due to flattered storage
**URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022 "2022-04-25T21:34:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Yacker](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Yacker)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/1 "2022-04-25T21:34:45Z")
I’m a bit scared (quite a bit)
I saved a job with a flattered layer by mistake.
I have reopened it, and I am unable to recover the layers…
is there any way to recover my previous job?
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/2 "2022-04-26T12:02:01Z")
Hi @Yacker, please check if the [Recover Files option](https://www.aseprite.org/docs/data-recovery/) in the Home tab helps. You might be able to recover the original file before the flattening of the layers (or a previous version).
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### Author:  [@Yacker](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Yacker)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/3 "2022-04-26T15:16:15Z")
I tried to retrieve it from there, but it retrieves a 14 days old file from the same project. 😮💨
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/4 "2022-04-26T16:57:17Z")
You can send us to [support@aseprite.org](mailto:support@aseprite.org) your [`sessions` folder](https://www.aseprite.org/docs/data-recovery/#internals) and we can try to recover all possible files from there.
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### Author:  [@Yacker](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Yacker)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/5 "2022-04-26T18:05:55Z")
I sent you the file, I hope something can be done.
Thank you for your reply and sorry for the inconvenience 😞
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/6 "2022-04-26T18:19:48Z")
Received! Please check if the recovered files include what you are looking for, in other case you can see if you have other session file or tell us if some of the specific recovered files is the one that you are trying to recover.
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### Author:  [@Yacker](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Yacker)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/7 "2022-04-26T18:28:10Z")
Above all, I would need what was done during the weekend between the 4/23 and 4/25.
Extra parts of some animations I had made.
- Rotating pyramid
- Wolves coming out of a puddle
- Some stars spinning in a circle
- 3 butterflies flying in a different way
And the layers of a commission, which would be this one. That was the one I saved as flatteded by mistake.
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/8 "2022-04-26T21:44:25Z")
In that case it looks like the session file contains only the version after most layers were flattened.
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### Author:  [@Yacker](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Yacker)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/9 "2022-04-27T00:44:08Z")
A pity to tell the truth, I will have to recover them the hard way.
Thanks for trying
pd: Mmm, may I leave a suggestion?
in other graphic editors there is the option to flatten the visible layers, but creating a new layer. It would be a nice addition to the options.
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### Author:  [@eishiya](https://community.aseprite.org/u/eishiya)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/loss-of-layers-due-to-flattered-storage/14022/10 "2022-04-27T01:04:33Z")
Seconding this suggestion! While for export, using the export options is preferred, being able to quickly make a new layer with a flattened copy of your work is useful for other things, such as applying blended effects.