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If you are getting following error on restoring database in sql . Error 3154: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing database. Then you can try following line of code to restore database from query editor RESTORE DATABASE TestDb FROM DISK = 'E:\TestDb.bak' WITH REPLACE Second thing is if you do not want to use T-SQL then you need to selection overwrite the existing databse(With replace) option  on restoring database from SSMS