Merged two accounts, is one of them lost forever?

[David N.]

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? 

[DawPi]

10 minutes ago, Jamynee said:

Or is there a way to retrieve it? 

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

[David N.]

18 minutes ago, DawPi said:

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

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

[DawPi]

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

[David N.]

Just now, DawPi said:

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

I suppose he lost it. 

[teraßyte]

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. 😋

[David N.]

1 hour ago, teraßyte said:

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. 

[Dll]

Try the Google cache or wayback machine.

[David N.]

1 hour ago, Dll said:

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.