Team disappearing in Pokémon showdown?

Question

My team keeps on disappearing in Pokémon showdown. Why?

Answer 1

Teams are linked to the cookies on your browser. If you delete your search history/cookies, you risk losing your teams. If you use a different browser or computer, you also will not have access to your teams. It is recommended that you back up your teams using the Backup/Restore all teams button at the bottom of the «teambuilder». You can then store it on a site like PokePaste or Pastebin. The PS! desktop app is known to have issues with losing teams; we recommend that you use the website instead.

Source: /rfaq Lost teams in Help room.
They are gone because you had deleted your cookies. Next time, remember to backup them to a website such as paste bin or a document.

Hope this helps!

Comments

Ohhhh I’m using incognito cuz dark mode lol

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Then this should be the reason. Incognito doesn't save any teams, that's why they are disappearing :P

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Lol ;-;

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If you have an account it should save your teams, that is very stupid.

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Having an account doesn't mean your teams would save. If you clear your cookies/history, your teams will be deleted.
The best way to go around this is to keep an importable handy, through PokéPaste. Save it somewhere you can easily access.

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@Donovan PS! doesn't save teams on its server, it saves them in your browser cookies (which is ultimately saving them on your device). So you'll lose your teams if you switch devices / use incognito mode. This is prolly the case to save storage costs.