# Restore a deleted table using Amazon Keyspaces PITR
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The following procedure shows how to restore a deleted table from backup to the time of deletion. You can do this using CQL or the AWS CLI. 

**Note**  
This procedure assumes that PITR was enabled on the deleted table.



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#### [ Cassandra Query Language (CQL) ]

**Restore a deleted table using CQL**

1. To confirm that point-in-time recovery is enabled for a deleted table, query the system table. Only tables with point-in-time recovery enabled are shown.

   ```
   SELECT custom_properties
   FROM system_schema_mcs.tables_history 
   WHERE keyspace_name = 'mykeyspace' AND table_name = 'my_table';
   ```

   The query shows the following output.

   ```
   custom_properties
   ------------------
   {
       ...,
      "point_in_time_recovery":{
         "restorable_until_time":"2020-08-04T00:48:58.381Z",
         "status":"enabled"
      }
   }
   ```

1. Restore the table to the time of deletion with the following sample statement.

   ```
   RESTORE TABLE mykeyspace.mytable_restored
   FROM TABLE mykeyspace.mytable;
   ```

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#### [ CLI ]

**Restore a deleted table using the AWS CLI**

1. Delete a table that you created previously that has PITR enabled. The following command is an example.

   ```
   aws keyspaces delete-table --keyspace-name 'myKeyspace' --table-name 'myTable'
   ```

1. Restore the deleted table to the time of deletion with the following command.

   ```
   aws keyspaces restore-table --source-keyspace-name 'myKeyspace' --source-table-name 'myTable' --target-keyspace-name 'myKeyspace' --target-table-name 'myTable_restored2'
   ```

   The output of this command returns the ARN of the restored table.

   ```
   {
       "restoredTableARN": "arn:aws:cassandra:us-east-1:111122223333:/keyspace/myKeyspace/table/myTable_restored2"
   }
   ```

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