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title: "Opening and Executing a Saved Session"
canonical: "https://docs.getxray.app/space/XEA/43483532/Opening%20and%20Executing%20a%20Saved%20Session"
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If previously for some reason during a session, you were not able to finish a session, you can now recover it and continue your work without losing the information you had.


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> You can open a Session from two places:
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> - Web Console
> - Desktop Application
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> ### Web Console
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> 1. Navigate the workspace of the session you want to edit/open
> 2. Click the** ****More**** Options** icon and select **Continue in desktop app option **  
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> 3. The session opens in the desktop app.  
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> ### Desktop Application  
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> 1. Open the Exploratory Desktop App.  
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> 2. Click the **Open From Cloud **button and select the workspace where the session file is stored.  
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> 3. In the **Open From Cloud** dialog, select the session.  
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> 4. The session opens in the desktop app.  
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After performing this, click the **Resume **button; you will be sent to the "Test" tab of Desktop Application, and by default the button **Resume Session** is available for you to continue the session. You can perform the session as explained in [Executing a generic exploratory testing session](https://getxraydocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XEA/pages/43483194) section.