# Selecting python deletes the project

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/selecting-python-deletes-the-project/22015>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** make\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/selecting-python-deletes-the-project/22015 "2023-08-23T18:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gavin-Williams](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gavin-williams/32/10134_2.png) [@Gavin-Williams](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Gavin-Williams)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/selecting-python-deletes-the-project/22015/1 "2023-08-23T18:15:51Z")

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We had started the intro tutorial and had added a heap of code. We changed the language to javascript and then to python just to look at it. We saw the JS code, but then we never saw any python code and the project was gone.

That’s a bug. And how can we get our project back?

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**Author:** ![Gavin-Williams](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gavin-williams/32/10134_2.png) [@Gavin-Williams](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Gavin-Williams)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/selecting-python-deletes-the-project/22015/2 "2023-08-24T17:42:57Z")

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Update: we found a backup - saved in the pngs (which we thought was very weird, but interesting!). So we are OK now, but that still leaves an issue with the python viewer.

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**Author:** ![Gavin-Williams](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gavin-williams/32/10134_2.png) [@Gavin-Williams](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Gavin-Williams)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/selecting-python-deletes-the-project/22015/3 "2023-08-28T16:34:27Z")

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I should add, that we didn’t see the save files until the next day.