# Restorer > The Restorer resets Dbmovies modules to their initial state, repairs the database and creates the required pages. This page explains what each action deletes and what it keeps, so you can use it safely. Source: https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/tools/restorer --- ![Dbmovies › Tools › Restorer, with an action selected and its Impact notice](https://cdn.wupdater.com/dbmovies/docs/2a3a12fd4825c53b.webp) ## Overview The **Restorer** returns a module of Dbmovies to its initial state, for example to delete test data before you launch your site. It also has two safe actions that repair the database and create the required pages. You find it in **Dbmovies › Tools › Restorer**. Only administrators can use it. :::note Removal actions **cannot be undone**. Before you run one, make a backup of your database. Use them only when you really need to start a module from zero: to fix a single title, link or subscription, edit it in its own screen instead. ::: ## How to use it 1. Choose an action in the list. An **Impact** notice explains what it does, with its level: - **Safe**: it does not delete anything. - **Destructive**: it deletes data from one module. - **Critical**: it deletes data your visitors or members use right now, such as links or subscriptions. 2. Click **Restore**. 3. Read the confirmation and click **Yes, execute**. Under the button, the panel shows the last action you ran and how long ago. ## Removal actions | Action | Level | What it deletes | |---|---|---| | **Reset view counter** | Destructive | The views of every title, and the most viewed list. Counting starts again from zero. | | **Reset user ratings** | Destructive | All the votes and the rating of every title. | | **Reset the links of sources module** | Critical | All the links of every title. | | **Reset the reports of sources module** | Destructive | All the reports your visitors sent about links. | | **Reset the subscriptions module** | Critical | All the subscriptions: active, past and cancelled. | | **Reset payments** | Critical | All the payments of subscriptions and ads. | | **Reset featured content** | Destructive | The featured mark of every title. | None of them deletes your movies, TV shows, episodes or settings. ### Reset view counter Deletes the view count of every title and empties the most viewed list. Counting starts again with the next visits. See [View counter](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/view-counter). ### Reset user ratings Deletes every vote, from visitors and from imports, and the rating of every title. Titles show no rating until they get votes again. The IMDb and TMDb ratings come back as a title is imported or updated: the [Meta Updater](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/tools/metaupdater) adds them again as one vote each. Visitor votes do not come back. See [User ratings](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/user-ratings). ### Reset the links of sources module Deletes every link of every title. Your titles stay published, but without players or downloads, so your visitors lose access to the content right away. The reports of those links are not deleted: use **Reset the reports of sources module** for that. See [Link sources](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/link-sources). ### Reset the reports of sources module Deletes every report your visitors sent about broken links. The links themselves are not touched. ### Reset the subscriptions module Deletes every subscription. Members with an active subscription lose access right away. Payments are kept. :::note This action does **not** cancel subscriptions in PayPal. PayPal keeps charging your members, and those charges no longer reach your site. Before you run it, open each PayPal subscription in **Dbmovies › Subscriptions** and click **Cancel renewal**, or set it to **Cancelled**: both stop the charges in PayPal. See [Subscriptions](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/subscriptions). ::: ### Reset payments Deletes every payment, of subscriptions and of ads. The totals paid of each subscription and ad, and the charts of **Dbmovies › Payments**, go back to zero. Subscriptions and ads are kept, with their dates. See [Payments](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/payments). This only deletes the records on your site: it does not refund or cancel anything in PayPal. ### Reset featured content Removes the featured mark from every title. Titles are not deleted, and you can mark them again at any time. See [Featured content](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/featured-content). ## Creation actions These actions are **Safe**: they do not delete anything, and you can run them as many times as you need. ### Repair database Checks the Dbmovies database tables against what the installed version needs, creates any table that is missing and applies pending changes. Your data is kept. Use it when Dbmovies reports a database problem, after an update that did not finish, or if a table was deleted by hand. The panel tells you if the database is complete, or how many changes are still pending. ### Create and sort required pages Creates the pages your theme needs and assigns them in the settings: **Browser**, **Authentication**, **Account** and **Contact**. Each one is created with its page template. - A page that is already assigned, and uses its template, is left as it is. - Your existing pages are not modified. - The pages are only created if your active theme includes their templates, as Wovie does. The **Terms of Use** and **Privacy policies** pages are not created: assign them yourself. See [Initial settings](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/initial-settings). ![The Restorer confirmation dialog for a critical action, with the Yes, execute button](https://cdn.wupdater.com/dbmovies/docs/4e7224881830d2df.webp)