# Be Careful about republish all files in CMS V2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements CMS\ **Created:** [May 22, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/be-careful-about-republish-all-files-in-cms-v2/56278 "2026-05-22T19:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/be-careful-about-republish-all-files-in-cms-v2/56278/1 "2026-05-22T19:27:16Z")
To my limited understanding… it will take the elements version mark down files and overwrite your work you did online inside the dashboard… My markdown files were in the CMS folder on the server - get your final modified versions and perhaps load them into elements as needed… Then you can do republish all files 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/be-careful-about-republish-all-files-in-cms-v2/56278/2 "2026-05-22T23:23:09Z")
Just an FYI Went in to server - downloaded CMS folder Loaded Md files into elements Republished all files… No issues - works great 👍 ---
**Author:** ![ercross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@ercross](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ercross)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/be-careful-about-republish-all-files-in-cms-v2/56278/3 "2026-05-23T08:53:01Z")
I figured this would happen so I deleted all my markdown files in Elements, so none get published. My new workflow is I write all my articles using One MarkDown and then just paste it into the CMS Online editor. So I have a copy on my hard drive, but not in Elements. Also, with Elements web hosting there is a backup on the server in case I ever need to recover.