How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files from Google Drive

Looking to recover a file that was permanently deleted from Google Drive?

When you delete a file in Google Drive, it’s sent to your trash.

Items in your trash are automatically deleted after 30 days.

Therefore, you can recover files within 30 days.

However, if the file has been in the recycle bin for more than 30 days, you won’t be able to restore it yourself.

In this guide, you will learn how to recover deleted or permanently deleted files from Google Drive.

How to recover permanently deleted files from Google Drive

After you’ve submitted the form, wait a few days for Google to respond.

Google can only attempt to recover the file(s) if you are their owner.

You are the owner of the file(s) if you have created, uploaded, and accepted ownership of them.

If you don’t own the permanently deleted files, Google won’t be able to recover them for you.

Google can only recover recently deleted files.

They can’t recover files from Gmail or Google Photos.

After you select “Restore”, the file will be restored to its original location.

You can select “Show file location” to go to the location of the file.

If not, you can scroll through your drive to find it.

Please note that you can only recover files deleted within 30 days.

If the file has been deleted for more than 30 days, it will be permanently deleted from your recycle bin.

If that’s the case, you’ll need to contact Google if you want to restore it.

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