How to recover a deleted Google Sheets file
By
SpreadCheaters
Page last updated:
19/04/2023 |
Next review date:
19/04/2025
You can watch a video tutorial here.
Google Sheets is an online spreadsheet application. Files created in Google Sheets are stored in Google Drive. When working with Google Sheets files, you may delete a file either accidentally or intentionally. Files that are deleted from Google Sheets go first to the Trash folder of Google Drive. These are then deleted permanently after 30 days.
Step 1 – Open the Trash folder
– Open Google Drive
– Click on the Trash folder
Step 2 – Find and restore the file
– Find and select the deleted file
– Right-click and select Restore from the context menu
Step 3 – Check that the file has been recovered
– Open Google Sheets
– Check that the file has been recovered
