I deleted an Odoo instance by mistake, can I get it back?

Yes, in most cases. Deleting an instance from Hodiploy does not make its backups vanish on the spot: you have a few days to change your mind, and bringing it back is one button.

Where to find it

On the Hodiploy home screen, below your list of active instances, a "Deleted instances" section lists the ones that are still recoverable, each with the number of days remaining before their backups are permanently erased. That window is 7 days by default, counted from the deletion.

After that, the backups really are erased, and there is no way back. That's why it is worth keeping the email alert enabled on your instances.

How to bring one back

1. Find the instance under "Deleted instances"
2. Click "Restore"
3. Check the name and address offered, then confirm

Hodiploy redeploys the instance with its original identifier, domain and settings, then restores its latest backup into it.

Two things to know:

• The name or the address may already be taken. If an active instance now carries that name or serves that domain, Hodiploy tells you and asks for another one. The instance then comes back under that new name, or at that new address
• The code is re-cloned from your Git branch. The instance therefore comes back in the branch's latest state, not necessarily the state it was in before the deletion. The data, on the other hand, is that of the latest backup

The special case: an instance that vanished from its server

Sometimes an instance disappears without having been deleted from Hodiploy: containers removed by hand on the server, a machine reinstalled, an unfortunate move over SSH. Hodiploy notices during its regular checks, warns you by email, and flips the instance to deleted precisely so its backups stay reachable. A message says so in the list.

The procedure is then the same: "Restore", and the instance comes back. If it was recovered from its backups alone, those do not carry its address, and Hodiploy asks you for it.

Note that Hodiploy does tell "the instance is gone" apart from "the server is not answering". An unreachable server makes no instance disappear: as long as it doesn't answer, no conclusion is drawn.

And if the window has passed?

Write to us without delay rather than attempting anything: depending on the timing, there is sometimes still a way. But the rule to remember is simple, a deleted instance is recoverable for a few days, not indefinitely.

Updated on: 22/08/2026