Restore a deleted file from the OneDrive recycle bin

Deleting a file from your OneDrive folder removes it from this PC and from OneDrive everywhere, but it usually isn’t gone immediately.

1. Sign in at onedrive.com (or open OneDrive from Microsoft 365).
2. In the left pane, open Recycle bin.
3. Select the file or folder and choose Restore. It goes back to its original location.

Microsoft documents these retention times: up to 30 days for items in a personal OneDrive (signed in with a Microsoft account), and up to 93 days for OneDrive for work or school or SharePoint in Microsoft 365, unless an admin has changed that. If you emptied the OneDrive recycle bin or the item was permanently deleted, this page can’t bring it back.

If you deleted a file that was already downloaded (a locally available file), also check the Windows Recycle Bin on that PC.

Related: Restore a previous version of a OneDrive file if the file is still there but the contents are wrong.

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• Restore files deleted from your OneDrive
• Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand for Windows