A user had an old account with a profile pic and made a new one without profile pic, I merged the two and now he has only the new one with no profile pic. What I wanted to do was merge both into the old account with the profile pic.

Is the old account lost? Or is there a way to retrieve it? 

 

Or is there a way to retrieve it? 

Only if you restore the database backup made before merge operation.

 

Only if you restore the database backup made before merge operation.

Ugh... that's not possible unfortunately (lots of new posts since). Thanks.

Why he can't just reupload old profile photo? 🙂

 

Why he can't just reupload old profile photo? 🙂

I suppose he lost it. 

It's always possible to just restore the backup in a different location (even locally), retrieve the photo, and upload it to the user's profile on the live site. As long as you're willing to go through with it just for a photo. 😋

 

It's always possible to just restore the backup in a different location (even locally), retrieve the photo, and upload it to the user's profile on the live site. As long as you're willing to go through with it just for a photo. 😋

Thanks. And no I'm afraid it's not worth doing it. Live and learn I guess. 

Try the Google cache or wayback machine.

 

Try the Google cache or wayback machine.

A simple google image search for the old user name on my website and I found it !! Thanks so much for the great idea.