# Recreate delete repository with existing blobstore **URL:** \ **Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\ **Created:** [March 30, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/recreate-delete-repository-with-existing-blobstore/8443 "2022-03-30T08:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sverre.moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@sverre.moe](https://community.sonatype.com/u/sverre.moe)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/recreate-delete-repository-with-existing-blobstore/8443/1 "2022-03-30T08:26:25Z")
I deleted a maven releases hosted repository from Nexus, but we still have the blobstore. I created a new maven hosted repository, and connected it to the blobstore. But how do I get the artifacts back? The repository is empty. This does not work on Nexus 3.38 > **[How to restore a deleted repository from trash?](https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/213465528-How-to-restore-a-deleted-repository-from-trash)** > > Nexus Repository 2 officially sunsetted June 30, 2025. Visit my.sonatype.com for archived documentation. Migrate to Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 as soon as possible. > When you delete a repository fro... No such luck it seems > **[What Happened To issues.sonatype.org?](https://central.sonatype.org/faq/what-happened-to-issues-sonatype-org/)** Is there any way I can retrieve the artifacts from the blobstore? That way I could upload them to a new repository. ---
**Author:** ![mmartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@mmartz](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mmartz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/recreate-delete-repository-with-existing-blobstore/8443/2 "2022-03-30T15:17:33Z")
Correct, those instructions are for Nexus 2. You might try running the “Repair - Reconcile component database from blob store” task. It might re-create the database entries matching the blobs from disk.