How to Recover Deleted Documents on Google Docs
Delete and restore files in Google Drive
To delete your Google Drive files, move them to the trash. Files in trash will be automatically deleted after 30 days. You can restore files from your trash before the 30-day time window. You can also permanently delete them to empty your trash. If you delete, restore, or permanently delete multiple files or folders at once, it might take time for you to notice the changes.
Move a file to the trash
To remove a file from your Drive, put it in your trash. The file will stay in your trash for 30 days before being automatically deleted. When you put a file in the trash:
- If you own the file, people you've shared it with can make a copy. Learn how to permanently delete a file.
- If you don't own the file, removing the file from your Drive only removes it for you.
Drive for desktop
When you sync files:
- Between Google Drive and your computer, any files you delete in one place will be deleted everywhere.
- From folders on your computer, you can choose how files are deleted.
Move files to the trash
- On your computer, find the file you want to delete.
- Drag the file to the trash on your computer.
- The file will be deleted everywhere. It may take some time for the file to be deleted everywhere.
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Empty your trash
You can permanently delete an individual file or empty your entire trash.
- After you delete a file permanently, anyone you've shared the file will lose access to it.
- If you want others to be able to view the file, you can transfer ownership to someone else.
Recover a file from the trash
If there's a file in your trash you want to keep, put it back in "My Drive." If you're not the owner of the file and want to use it:
- Make a copy of the file.
- Contact the owner to have them restore it.
On the web
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- On the left, click Trash.
- Click the file you want to restore.
- At the top, click Restore
.
- Tip:You can sort your trashed files by trashed date to find the oldest or newest files trashed.
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Drive File Stream
If you're not the owner of the file, contact the owner to have them restore it.
Tip: If you have important information in a file, you can make a copy of it. Open the file and click File 
If you can't recover your deleted file
If you delete a file and need to get it back, contact a Drive specialist. To find your file, call or chat with us.
Restore files you deleted
If you deleted something recently using Google Drive or the Google Drive desktop app, you might be able to restore the file yourself.
Restore from your Trash
- On a computer, go to drive.google.com/drive/trash.
- Tip: You can sort your trashed files by trashed date to find the oldest or newest files trashed.
- Right-click the file you want to recover.
- Click Restore.
Find a file you don't think you deleted
Try these steps
Check the activity panel
- On a computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the left, click My Drive.
- At the top right, click Info
.
- Scroll down and look for your file.
Use an advanced search
- On a computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top, in the search bar click the Down arrow
.
- Use the advanced search options to find your file. For example, to see spreadsheets, next to 'Type,' click the down arrow, then click 'Spreadsheets.'
Learn why files go missing
If you created the file
If you can't find a file that you created in Drive, it might have lost the folder it was in. The file still exists, but is harder to find.
How files lose their folder
- You create a file in someone else's folder and they delete that folder. The file isn't deleted. It's automatically moved to your My Drive.
Important: Only you can delete the files you own. - You share a folder with someone and they remove your file from the folder. The file isn't deleted, it's automatically moved to your My Drive.
Find unorganized files
- On a computer, go to drive.google.com.
- In the search bar, enter:
is:unorganized owner:me - When you find the file, move it to a folder in My Drive so it's easier to find next time.
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If someone else created the file
When someone creates a file, they can delete, rename, and restore it. Contact the person who created the file and ask them to restore it or share it with you again.
If it was in a folder someone else created
If someone deleted that folder, you won't see that folder in your Drive anymore.
Find files you created in deleted folders
Find all files that are in deleted folders
To make that file easier to find in the future, move it into a folder in "My Drive."
More on how to find files
Try advanced search
To refine your search in Drive, use a search phrase on your computer with one of these options:
| Search for | Example |
|---|---|
| Exact phrase | |
| Exclude a word | Water but not lakes: |
| File owner | Files Dad owns: |
| Files shared by others | Files Mom shared with you: |
| You shared files | Files you shared with Mom: |
| Starred items | |
| Deleted items | |
| File type | Spreadsheet file type: |
| Time frame | Before or after January 18, 2015. |
| Title | |
| App | Files opened in Google Drive: |
Recovered file types
For personal accounts: We can help you recover recently deleted files for a limited time after they're deleted if you use Google Drive with a consumer account (and not an account through your work, school, or other group) and one of these is true:
- You created the file.
- You uploaded the file to Google Drive.
- You accepted ownership of the file from someone.
If your Google Account was deleted, you might not be able to recover your files.
If you need to recover emails from Gmail
Learn how to recover emails from Gmail.
Contact us
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How to Recover Deleted Documents on Google Docs
Source: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375102?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
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