{"id":"delta-drive.how-do-i-restore-something-from-delta-drive-trash","url":"/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-restore-something-from-delta-drive-trash","category":{"id":"delta-drive","title":"Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"},"subcategory":{"id":"using-delta-drive","title":"Using Delta Drive"},"question":"How do I restore something from Delta Drive's trash?","alt_questions":["Undelete in Delta Drive","Put back Delta Drive","Recover deleted file Delta Drive","Bring back a deleted folder in Delta Drive","Will putting a file back overwrite the one that's there now?"],"short_answer":"Open Trash, right-click the item and choose Put back. It returns to its folder and never overwrites anything — a same-named item comes back as name (2), and a missing folder is made again.","answer_markdown":"Open **Trash** in the Delta Drive sidebar, right-click the item and choose **Put back**. It returns to the folder it came from, with its notes, comments, colours and marks. It never overwrites anything: if something with the same name is already there, it comes back as \"name (2)\", and if its folder has gone, the folder is made again.\n\n**Put back to…** lets you choose another folder, and **Open a read-only copy** lets you look first. The Trash shows where each item came from, when it was deleted and by whom — a Mac, the web, someone you shared with, or a synced folder.\n\nSee [what guests can delete](/faq/delta-drive/what-happens-if-someone-i-shared-with-deletes-a-file).","answer_html":"

Open Trash in the Delta Drive sidebar, right-click the item and choose Put back. It returns to the folder it came from, with its notes, comments, colours and marks. It never overwrites anything: if something with the same name is already there, it comes back as "name (2)", and if its folder has gone, the folder is made again.

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Put back to… lets you choose another folder, and Open a read-only copy lets you look first. The Trash shows where each item came from, when it was deleted and by whom — a Mac, the web, someone you shared with, or a synced folder.

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See what guests can delete.

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How do I restore something from Delta Drive's trash?

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Short answer: Open Trash, right-click the item and choose Put back. It returns to its folder and never overwrites anything — a same-named item comes back as name (2), and a missing folder is made again.

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Open Trash in the Delta Drive sidebar, right-click the item and choose Put back. It returns to the folder it came from, with its notes, comments, colours and marks. It never overwrites anything: if something with the same name is already there, it comes back as "name (2)", and if its folder has gone, the folder is made again.

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Put back to… lets you choose another folder, and Open a read-only copy lets you look first. The Trash shows where each item came from, when it was deleted and by whom — a Mac, the web, someone you shared with, or a synced folder.

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See what guests can delete.

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