Sky TV customers are just realising there’s an important button to ensure you never lose your favourite programmes again

THERE’S nothing worse than accidentally deleting your favourite shows from your Sky box.

But fortunately all is not lost.

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Sky Q features an underused button which prevents you from making that mistake in the first place.

The button is called Keep and it checks you want to delete something before purging it.

Setting it up is simple.

How to keep a recording on Sky Q

Find the recording you wish to protect from deletion.

Look for the Keep button on the page.

Now if you accidentally hit delete you’ll see a confirmation box.

How to restore deleted shows on Sky Q

If you still manage to delete your favourite show or movie by accident, all is not lost.

There is a way to restore anything you’ve deleted for a limited time, so do it sooner rather than later.

Go to the Recordings section on your Planner.

Find Manage, then Deleted.

Select the programmes you wish to revive and hit Undelete.

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