Troubleshooting your project not loading or opening

If you’re unable to load or are seeing an error message when opening a project, there are a few things to try to resolve the issue.

General Troubleshooting

Remove the downloaded project
Remove the locally downloaded project and then reopen it to resync your work.
Avoid data corruption

Please make sure to follow the steps in the linked article. Manually changing the locally stored Descript files could corrupt your project data.

Check your version history
Try opening a previous of your project. Click here to learn about restoring a project version.
Fully uninstall and reinstall the app
Click here to learn how to fully uninstall Descript.

Contact support

If none of the above troubleshooting steps worked, please contact support, and we’ll take a look!