---
id: duplicates.how-do-i-restore-a-duplicate-i-removed
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/how-do-i-restore-a-duplicate-i-removed
category: "Duplicate files"
subcategory: "Removing and restoring duplicates"
question: "How do I restore a duplicate I removed by mistake?"
alt_questions:
  - "Undo duplicate removal"
  - "Get back a file removed by the duplicate finder"
  - "I removed the wrong duplicate"
  - "Recover files after Clean all"
  - "How do I undo Clean all duplicates?"
  - "Restore deleted duplicate mac"
short_answer: "Open More menu ••• → Recycle Vault, select the file and click Restore (or Restore to…), or use Undo last removal to bring back a whole clean-up. If no drive was set up, the copy is in your Mac's Trash — use Put Back."
tags: ["duplicates", "restore", "undo"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/where-do-removed-duplicates-go", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/will-removing-duplicates-delete-my-files"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I restore a duplicate I removed by mistake?

Open the **More menu ••• → Recycle Vault**. It lists everything Storage Studio has removed, newest first. Select the file (or several) and click **Restore** to put it back where it came from, or **Restore to…** to choose a folder. **Undo last removal** brings back everything from the most recent removal in one step — handy after **Clean all**.

If no external drive was set up when you removed it, the copy went to your Mac's Trash: open the Trash in the Dock, select it and choose **Put Back**.

If something with the same name is already in the original folder, the restored copy lands beside it — nothing is overwritten.