How to Recover Deleted Google Docs Files on Desktop

Step 1: Accessing Google Drive

To recover your Google Docs files go to Google Drive and sign in with your credentials.

Step 2: Select the “Trash” tab from the Left Panel

After accessing your Google Drive select the “Trash” tab from the left panel to move to recover your deleted file. Whenever you delete anything in Google Docs, Google Sheets, and other Google Apps that save the data on Drive, it comes to the Trash tab in Google Drive.

Step 3: Locate the File and Click on Three Dots

Now locate your desired file that you want to recover and click on the Three Dots present next to the File Name to a drop-down menu.

Step 4: Select “Restore”

Now from the drop-down menu appeared select “Restore” to restore the deleted file and your file will be recovered.

Step 5: Click on “My Drive”

Now click on the “My Drive” button to go to the review the file location.

Step 6: File Recovered

Now you can review your deleted File and it will be present in the “My Drive“, now you can use it any where.

Sometimes, we accidentally delete important stuff, like a Google Docs file. Losing a Google Docs file is like misplacing a paper document, it can be frustrating when the Google Docs File is needed immediately. But the cool thing about digital stuff is we can often get it back.

In this article, we’ll walk through the steps to recover your deleted Google Docs files, making sure none of your important work is lost forever. We will learn to recover the deleted files from Google Docs on desktop, and mobile, and even permanently deleted files in Google Docs after 30 days.