How to Retrieve Deleted Google Drive Files Permanently: Effective Ways

Humpy Adepu

Check Google Drive Trash – Deleted files remain in Trash for 30 days, allowing easy recovery with a simple Restore action.

Use Google Drive Activity Panel – Activity history helps track deleted files, making it easier to locate and restore misplaced or removed items.

Restore via Google Drive Backup – If you enabled backups, older file versions can be recovered easily from synced devices or backup snapshots.

Recover from Google Photos – Files like images or videos might auto-sync to Photos, allowing retrieval even after Drive deletion.

Ask File Owner to Restore – For shared files, only the original owner can restore permanently deleted documents from their Trash.

Use Google Vault (Workspace) – Organizations using Vault can recover older Drive files retained under their data retention and compliance policies.

Contact Google Support – Google Support may help restore permanently deleted files if requested within a limited recovery timeframe.

Restore via Local Device Cache – Files opened recently may be available in offline cache folders, allowing partial or complete recovery manually.

Use Third-Party Recovery Tools – Some recovery software retrieves Drive-synced files from local machine storage before they were permanently removed.

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