Is there a way to retrieve the original PNG of a sprite?

A while ago, I imported a PNG I made in order to use as a sprite in my game. Since then, I have lost the original PNG on my computer, but I still have the sprite (and the red-colored imported picture of it, idk what that is called) in my game. Is there a way to retrieve the original PNG I imported so that I am able to have it on my desktop again?

Hopefully my wording is understandable.

Thank you

Hello zayninn, thank you for posting.

I thought about your dilemma and found a solution. It will require additional software.
Whilst in-engine, you can right click your texture, select export. You will be given a TGA format file. Dragging + Dropping the TGA into your external image editor will allow you to edit/save your file in the desired format.

If you happen to have photoshop or GIMP, you can import as TGA and export as a PNG.

I hope this helps!

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This works! I used paint.net.

Thank you for taking the time and coming up with a solution, it is greatly appreciated :]

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