SharePoint/Teams: Recovering Deleted Items from Teams or SharePoint Online

Summary

This article descripts how to recover a deleted document from the SharePoint application.

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Summary

When you delete items from a document library or list in Microsoft Teams or SharePoint, they aren't immediately removed. Deleted items go into the SharePoint site Recycle Bin for a period of time or until they are emptied from the recycle bin.

The SharePoint site recycle bin isn't the same as the Windows recycle bin that you see on your desktop. Deleted items are retained in recycle bins for a certain period of time. For SharePoint, the retention time is 93 days. It begins when you delete the item from its original location. When you delete the item from the site recycle bin, it goes into the Second Stage Recycle bin. It stays there for the remainder of the 93 days, and then is permanently deleted.

This article describes how to recover deleted items from Teams or SharePoint Online.

 

How-To

Task: To recover deleted items in Teams or SharePoint Online

For full instructions with screenshots, please visit this Microsoft article: Restore items in the recycle bin that were deleted from SharePoint or Teams

Instructions

Step 1:  Navigate to the SharePoint site, or the Site associated with your Microsoft Team. 

Step 2:  Click the settings gear icon located at the very top of the page to the left of your name.

Step 3 - Click Site Contents

Step 4 - Click the Recycle Bin icon in upper right corner.

Step 5 - Select the item you wish to recover.
NOTE - if you don't see what you're looking for, be sure to check the Second Stage Recycle bin (aka, site collection recycle bin) using the link at the very bottom of the Recycle Bin page. 

Step 5 - Click Restore Selection.

 

Outcome

The deleted items are recovered.

 

Further Readings

SharePoint: Deleting/Restoring a SharePoint Site

Restore items in the recycle bin that were deleted from SharePoint or Teams

 

  

Need additional help?

For assistance concerning site creation, content sharing, file synchronization, or other common SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, or Office app activities, we recommend our Microsoft 365 Learning sites:

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Article ID: 3065
Created
Fri 10/2/20 5:22 PM
Modified
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