# Help with project recovery
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [July 5, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787 "2026-07-05T21:15:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@CodenameSpirit](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodenameSpirit)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787/1 "2026-07-05T21:15:52Z")
Hi, I’m trying to recover my MakeCode Arcade project called “something cool.”
I was signed into my Microsoft account, and I had been working on the project for years.
I switched the project from Blocks to JavaScript so I could connect it to GitHub. During the GitHub setup, something went wrong. The GitHub repository (CodeNameSpirit/something-cool) was created, but it only contains a .gitignore file.
Now, whenever I try to open “something cool”, it spins for a few seconds and then says “Sorry, we could not load this project.”
I’m still using the same device and browser (Brave on a Samsung Galaxy A15), and I have not cleared my browser data. Is there any way to recover or repair the project?
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### Author:  [@VoxelMaster64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/VoxelMaster64)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787/2 "2026-07-05T23:19:55Z")
to open it, maybe try to first select the “view all” option? That has worked for me.
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### Author:  [@VoxelMaster64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/VoxelMaster64)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787/3 "2026-07-06T17:12:15Z")
also welcome @CodenameSpirit!
(3 new users in one day is a lot…)
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### Author:  [@AlexTheGoober63](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexTheGoober63)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787/4 "2026-07-06T17:13:35Z")
try going back in version history, maybe you be able to find the saved version in when it was still in blocks
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### Author:  [@CodenameSpirit](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodenameSpirit)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787/5 "2026-07-07T02:00:21Z")
I tried it but it got stuck on the loading and when I tried to open it in a new tab I get eather a blank
Editor that I can’t do anything in or I get notified that there was an issue I’ll share screen shots
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### Author:  [@CodenameSpirit](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodenameSpirit)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787/6 "2026-07-07T02:00:24Z")
Thank you! It’s great to be hear lol
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### Author:  [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/help-with-project-recovery/44787/7 "2026-07-08T23:05:03Z")
@eanders might be the person to go to