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  • November 27, 2025
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Working on files and all of a sudden the folder I was working in just disappeared! It's not in trash; this is several weeks of work!!!!

Best answer by Rona Box

Hi ​@faye

Welcome to Box Community, and we will help locate the missing folder. 

 

Let’s go and track your folder activity, particularly the folder that disappeared. 

To run the report: 

  1. Log in to Box.com and go to Admin Console> Reports> Create report> User Activity. 
  2. Set the date range for this report and in Action Types select File Management and set the filters: Moved to trash, Moved and Renamed. 
  3. Lastly, click run so you’ll get a copy via CSV. 

 

In the meantime, is the missing folder your own or shared folder? If it’s the latter, please reach out to the owner and report this incident. 

 

Remember that if the folder has been deleted, only the owner and the collaborator who deleted the folder could restore them from their trash. 

 

To search through your Trash folder:

  1. Navigate to your Trash folder.
  2. Toward the top, click the Search Files and Folders
  3. In the box that displays, enter any search parameters.
  4. Check Only search inside of “Trash.”
  5. Press Enter.

OnlySearchInsideOfTrash.png

To sort and filter all items within the trash folder:

You can filter content by items you own, or by items you’ve deleted.  To do this, directly beneath the folder label (Trash), click the Items I Own (or Items I Deleted) down arrow.  Then click the option you want.

ItemsIOwnDelete.png

  • The Items I deleted filter displays all items you have deleted, regardless of who created or owns the item.
  • The Items I own filter displays all deleted items you own, regardless of who deleted the item.

 

Tip

Filtering by Items I Own is helpful when trying to track down content that may have been deleted by a collaborator in a folder you own.

 

Hope it helps, and please let us know how it goes. 

5 replies

Rona Box
  • Community Manager
  • Answer
  • November 28, 2025

Hi ​@faye

Welcome to Box Community, and we will help locate the missing folder. 

 

Let’s go and track your folder activity, particularly the folder that disappeared. 

To run the report: 

  1. Log in to Box.com and go to Admin Console> Reports> Create report> User Activity. 
  2. Set the date range for this report and in Action Types select File Management and set the filters: Moved to trash, Moved and Renamed. 
  3. Lastly, click run so you’ll get a copy via CSV. 

 

In the meantime, is the missing folder your own or shared folder? If it’s the latter, please reach out to the owner and report this incident. 

 

Remember that if the folder has been deleted, only the owner and the collaborator who deleted the folder could restore them from their trash. 

 

To search through your Trash folder:

  1. Navigate to your Trash folder.
  2. Toward the top, click the Search Files and Folders
  3. In the box that displays, enter any search parameters.
  4. Check Only search inside of “Trash.”
  5. Press Enter.

OnlySearchInsideOfTrash.png

To sort and filter all items within the trash folder:

You can filter content by items you own, or by items you’ve deleted.  To do this, directly beneath the folder label (Trash), click the Items I Own (or Items I Deleted) down arrow.  Then click the option you want.

ItemsIOwnDelete.png

  • The Items I deleted filter displays all items you have deleted, regardless of who created or owns the item.
  • The Items I own filter displays all deleted items you own, regardless of who deleted the item.

 

Tip

Filtering by Items I Own is helpful when trying to track down content that may have been deleted by a collaborator in a folder you own.

 

Hope it helps, and please let us know how it goes. 


  • New Member
  • February 5, 2026

Hi, 

My folder has also disappeared, and I cannot see it in Trash. I also do not see the Admin Console button. Could you please restore my folder with all its files? This folder has years of research results.

 

Best,

Juhi


Rona Box
  • Community Manager
  • February 5, 2026

Hi ​@jchaudhari, thank you for joining this thread! 

Let me help with your missing folder.  Have you searched and filtered your trash? 

  • You could search via the missing folder’s name. In order to do so, go to your Trash and use the search bar. 
  • Alternately, you could filter the deleted folders if it’s your own folder choose Items I Own.”  

 

Note: Personal users doesn’t have access to Admin Console this is a feature exclusively available for Business accounts and above. 

 

Hope it helps! 


  • New Member
  • February 5, 2026

Thank you for your prompt response. There are currently no files in my Trash at all. Are there other ways to find these files?

 

Best,

Juhi


  • New Member
  • February 6, 2026

Hello, 

I am still facing this problem. Could you please look into it? I think there is a 14-day window before the files are purged from Trash so I want to get attention to this issue ASAP. Is there a way to open a ticket?

 

Best,

Juhi