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title: "Recovering Deleted Items on Windows"
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This article is intended for users who want to recover items that were deleted from the Q or R drive, but these instructions are applicable for any shared network drive on a windows computer. 

> ❌ Mac and Linux users are unable to do this themselves from their respective operating systems. In this case, please log into [UCONN Anyware](https://software.uconn.edu/uconn-software-online/) and launch Anyware Desktop. This will give you access to a virtualized Windows desktop so that you can follow the instructions below.

> ⚠️ Any changes made by using the process below will be visible to all individuals with access to the network file location you are restoring data to.

## <span style="color: #333333">Recovering a Lost or Deleted File or Folder</span>

1. Find the file location in Windows Explorer and right-click the folder or drive location (for individual documents) in which the file was stored.
2. Click **Properties**.
3. Click on the **Previous Versions tab,** and** **then highlight the previous version from which you wish to pull the previous document from.
4. Click **Open**. A window will appear showing the contents of the version of that folder.
5. Highlight the file you want to recover. Right-click the file and select **Copy**.
6. Open a new Windows Explorer window. Find the file location in which you wish to put the copied file or folder. Right-click inside the folder and select **Paste. **

## <span style="color: #333333">Replacing a File or Folder with a Previous Version</span>

1. <span style="color: #333333">Find the location of the file in the shared network drive. Right-click on the file and select </span><span style="color: #333333">**Properties**</span><span style="color: #333333">.</span>
2. <span style="color: #333333">Click on the </span><span style="color: #333333">**Previous Version **</span><span style="color: #333333">tab</span><span style="color: #333333">** **</span><span style="color: #333333">in the window that pops up. Select the version you wish to restore and click on </span><span style="color: #333333">**Restore**</span><span style="color: #333333">.</span>
3. Click **Restore **<span style="color: #333333">in the pop-up to restore the previous version.</span>

> ⚠️ Data on the Q and R drives can have “Previous Versions” up to 30 days in the past. If the data is not recoverable using previous versions, then it is not recoverable at all.

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