# pg_restore

> Restore a PostgreSQL database from an archive file created by pg_dump.
> More information: <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgrestore.html>.

- Restore an archive into an existing database:

`pg_restore {{[-d|--dbname]}} {{db_name}} {{archive_file.dump}}`

- Same as above, customize username:

`pg_restore {{[-U|--username]}} {{username}} {{[-d|--dbname]}} {{db_name}} {{archive_file.dump}}`

- Same as above, customize host and port:

`pg_restore {{[-h|--host]}} {{host}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{[-d|--dbname]}} {{db_name}} {{archive_file.dump}}`

- List database objects included in the archive:

`pg_restore {{[-l|--list]}} {{archive_file.dump}}`

- Clean database objects before creating them:

`pg_restore {{[-c|--clean]}} {{[-d|--dbname]}} {{db_name}} {{archive_file.dump}}`

- Use multiple jobs to do the restoring:

`pg_restore {{[-j|--jobs]}} {{2}} {{[-d|--dbname]}} {{db_name}} {{archive_file.dump}}`