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Your maps: Trash, backups and the maps folder

Guide 9 of 10 · 2 min read

The home screen lists every map on this PC. This guide covers finding them, getting deleted ones back and keeping everything safe.

Find and organize maps

• Search by name, client, address or status in the search box.
• Filter by status: All, Planning, Design review, Approved or Installed. Set a map's status in the box next to its name at the top of the map.
• Click Clients… to add, rename or remove your clients. Once you have clients, a list lets you show one client's maps.

Trash

Clicking 🗑 on a site card moves the map to the Trash. Nothing is lost.

1. Click Trash at the bottom of the home screen.
2. Click Restore next to the map you want back.

Empty Trash… deletes everything in the Trash for good. This can't be undone.

Back up all maps

1. Click Back up all maps… at the bottom of the home screen.
2. Choose where to save the backup. It is one .zip file named with today's date.

The backup holds all your maps, your client list, your custom camera models and your settings. It never includes your Google Maps or Claude keys.

Restore from backup

1. Click Restore from backup… and pick the backup .zip file.
2. Click Restore.

Restoring never loses a map. Maps that aren't on this PC are added. Where both have the same map, the newer copy is kept, and an older copy on this PC goes to the Trash first. You can restore on this PC or on a new one.

Change where maps are kept

Your maps are kept in Documents\SightLine Maps unless you choose another folder. The bottom of the home screen shows the current folder, and Open folder opens it in File Explorer.

1. Click Change folder… and choose a folder, for example in OneDrive or on a network drive.
2. If the folder is empty, SightLine copies your maps there. If it already has SightLine maps, SightLine switches to them.
3. Confirm, and SightLine restarts using the new folder.

The old folder is left as it is, so nothing is lost. You can delete it yourself later.