template ruined my website

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  umsatswebsite · Member · May 18, 2023 at 1:19 pm

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  Hello, I accidently edited a template thinking it was a page, and saved it.

  This has overwritten all my pages so that none of their actual content shows up, how can I undo or fix this problem?

  WP.com: Yes
  Jetpack: No
  Correct account: Yes

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  staff-arihere · Staff · May 18, 2023 at 5:49 pm

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  Hey there!

  I just responded to your earlier question regarding your page previews over here: https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/preview-not-working-11/

  It sounds like this is related, but not quite the same question, so I wanted to get back to you here as well!

  If you accidentally edit a template and need to undo that, you can Clear customizations to reset a template back to it’s original state. When you open the template in the Site Editor, select the name of the template at the top of the editor, and you’ll see the option to Clear customizations, like this:

  

  You can also clear customizations from the “Manage templates” page of the site editor, following these steps: https://wordpress.com/support/templates/#reset-a-template

  Keep in mind – you cannot restore your changes after you clear the customizations, so be sure you want to reset the template before clicking Clear customizations.

  I hope this helps!