How to Restore Deleted Shared Drive Data

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Workspace administrators

When you can recover permanently deleted shared drive files and folders

  • As a Google Workspace admin, you can restore deleted Shared Drive data.
  • You can only restore data deleted in the past 25 days.
  • Data deleted over 25 days ago gets permanently purged from Google’s servers and can’t be restored.

Other ways for Google Workspace admins to restore deleted shared drive data

How to recover permanently deleted shared drive files and folders step-by-step with images

Step 1

How To Restore Deleted Shared Drive Data as a Google Workspace Admin - Step 1

In the Admin console https://admin.google.com, click the Apps icon.

Step 2

How To Restore Deleted Shared Drive Data as a Google Workspace Admin - Step 2

Select Google Workspace.

Step 3

How To Restore Deleted Shared Drive Data as a Google Workspace Admin - Step 3

Click Drive and Docs. Make sure not to check the box to its left; just click the name.

Step 4

How To Restore Deleted Shared Drive Data as a Google Workspace Admin - Step 4

Select Manage shared drives.

Step 5

How to Restore Deleted Shared Drive Data as a Google Workspace Admin - Step 5

Hover over the Shared drive and click More on the right, then select Restore.

Step 6

How to Restore Deleted Shared Drive Data as a Google Workspace Admin - Step 6

Select the date range and click RESTORE DATA.

You can’t pick specific files to restore – everything in the date range you select will come back. If you want this option, you can check one of our recommended backup services.

Note that it can take some time to restore all the data, depending on how much you are restoring.

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