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  • February 28, 2026
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I have accidentally deleted some folders and files while I am moving my files from Box to OneDrive, please help me in restoring them. Thanks in advance.

Best answer by Rona Box

Hi ​@Sheshagiri Kongara

Welcome to Box Community, and we’ll assist in restoring your deleted files!

 

As someone who deleted the files (by accident), please go over to Box.com and navigate to your Trash:

  1. When in trash, please use the Box search bar to find the deleted folders, or filter your deleted items to “Items I Deleted.” 
  2. Once you locate the deleted folder, please highlight the folder then restore or restore all if you want to restore all the deleted folders in display. 

 

To easily manage your trash, for more details please see this article

 

Hope it helps! Please let us know if you have questions. 

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Rona Box
  • Community Manager
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  • March 3, 2026

Hi ​@Sheshagiri Kongara

Welcome to Box Community, and we’ll assist in restoring your deleted files!

 

As someone who deleted the files (by accident), please go over to Box.com and navigate to your Trash:

  1. When in trash, please use the Box search bar to find the deleted folders, or filter your deleted items to “Items I Deleted.” 
  2. Once you locate the deleted folder, please highlight the folder then restore or restore all if you want to restore all the deleted folders in display. 

 

To easily manage your trash, for more details please see this article

 

Hope it helps! Please let us know if you have questions. 


  • New Member
  • March 9, 2026

We have lost a folder with all files and are not sure how to restore it.  Please help


Rona Box
  • Community Manager
  • March 9, 2026

Hi ​@jleo20, welcome to Box Community and I moved your post to this related topic, please feel free to join in our discussion! 

 

Just as mentioned early in this thread, to recover the deleted files you must identify: 

  • Are you the person who deleted file? If you are then you can just head over to the Box website then in Trash> search for the deleted files
  • Or you can ask the folder owner and look over to his/her trash. 

When items are deleted from a collaboration folder, both the owner and the person who deleted the item can recover the items from the Trash. 

 

Hope it works! For your additional questions concerning your deleted files, please let us know. 


  • New Member
  • March 13, 2026

Hello.

 

I have deleted some files 4-5 days ago from the company folder and also from the trash.

Is there any way to retrieve them?

 


Rona Box
  • Community Manager
  • March 17, 2026

Hi ​@Dimitris,

Welcome to Box Community, and we merged your post to this related topic. Please don’t hesitate to jump in!

 

Note: Both the file owner and the collaborator who deleted the file can restore the files in their trash.

Here’s the easy steps to restore your deleted files:

  1. Log in to Box.com and go to the trash/ bin icon.

  2. In your trash, you can begin to use the search bar to find the deleted file, or select the drop down “Items I Deleted,” that way it’ll only display the files you deleted.

  3. Once you see the file, highlight the file or folder then restore.

  4. Click Restore All if you want to recover all the files or folders in display

 

Hope it helps, and please let us know if you have additional questions!