Open Google Drive in a desktop browser and select Trash. Right-click the file and choose Restore. Drive keeps items in Trash for 30 days unless you delete them permanently sooner.
01Find the right file in Trash
Section linkCheck that you are signed in to the Google Account that held the file. If you see several copies with the same name, sort by Trashed date and check when you removed each one before restoring it. Open the restored file in Drive to confirm it is the copy you need.
02Check who owned a shared file
Section linkIf someone else owned the file, ask them to open it from their Drive. If they still have it, ask them to share it with the account you use. If they deleted it, ask them to check their Trash. An old link or a missing entry in your own Trash cannot tell you whether the owner deleted the original.
03If Trash has already been emptied
Section linkFor a personal account, sign in to the affected account and reopen Google’s recovery help page to check whether you can request recovery. For a work or school account, tell your Google Workspace administrator when the item was permanently deleted. Google gives administrators up to 25 days after a user empties Trash to recover eligible Drive data. The administrator restores data for a date range, so give the narrowest range you can.
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Before you convert
A short checklist for choosing an image format and checking the result.
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