# Select / deselect importing flows, nodes... all at once
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-deselect-importing-flows-nodes-all-at-once/82949
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [16 November 2023 21:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-deselect-importing-flows-nodes-all-at-once/82949 "2023-11-16T21:51:31Z")
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### Author:  [@gnome2012](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gnome2012)
#### Post date: [16 November 2023 21:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-deselect-importing-flows-nodes-all-at-once/82949/1 "2023-11-16T21:51:31Z")
Hello,
I've been using nodered for years now. From time to time I get lost while changing the existing flows and want to start from scratch by importing it again from the backup-file. My backups contain all existing flows of nodered (32 btw.). After selecting the file nodered nodered tells me that some of the nodes I'mimporting already exist in my workspace. so Now I have to deselct 31 flows because I want to import only one flows to restore.
So my suggestion for further releases would be to create a checkbox to select / deselect all flows to simplify that.
Kind regards
Gnome
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [15 January 2024 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/select-deselect-importing-flows-nodes-all-at-once/82949/2 "2024-01-15T21:52:10Z")
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