diff --git a/backup/restore.php b/backup/restore.php
index 16fc52e2755..e7d97368389 100644
--- a/backup/restore.php
+++ b/backup/restore.php
@@ -15,14 +15,34 @@
 
     //Optional
     $id = optional_param( 'id' );
-    $file = optional_param( 'file' );;
+    $file = optional_param( 'file' );
     $cancel = optional_param( 'cancel' );
     $launch = optional_param( 'launch' );
     $to = optional_param( 'to' );
+    $method = optional_param( 'method' );
 
     //Check login       
     require_login();
 
+/// With method=manual, we come from the FileManager so we delete all the backup/restore/import session structures
+    if ($method == 'manual') {
+        if (isset($SESSION->course_header)) {
+            unset ($SESSION->course_header);
+        }
+        if (isset($SESSION->info)) {
+            unset ($SESSION->info);
+        }
+        if (isset($SESSION->backupprefs)) {
+            unset ($SESSION->backupprefs);
+        }
+        if (isset($SESSION->restore)) {
+            unset ($SESSION->restore);
+        }
+        if (isset($SESSION->import_preferences)) {
+            unset ($SESSION->import_preferences);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (!$to && isset($SESSION->restore->restoreto) && isset($SESSION->restore->importing) && isset($SESSION->restore->course_id)) {
         $to = $SESSION->restore->course_id;
     }
@@ -116,7 +136,6 @@
 
     //Call the form, depending the step we are
 
-
     if (!$launch) {
         include_once("restore_precheck.html");
     } else if ($launch == "form") {
diff --git a/files/index.php b/files/index.php
index cef37a0c06e..7e36b89f7fa 100644
--- a/files/index.php
+++ b/files/index.php
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
                 echo "<p align=\"center\">".get_string("areyousuretorestorethisinfo")."</p>";
                 $restore_path = "$CFG->wwwroot/backup/restore.php";
                 notice_yesno (get_string("areyousuretorestorethis"),
-                                $restore_path."?id=".$id."&amp;file=".cleardoubleslashes($id.$wdir."/".$file),
+                                $restore_path."?id=".$id."&amp;file=".cleardoubleslashes($id.$wdir."/".$file)."&amp;method=manual",
                                 "index.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$wdir&amp;action=cancel");
             } else {
                 displaydir($wdir);