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Can I restore a deleted draft?

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I INADVERTENTLY HIT the trashcan after a long and very complicated eMail message. That deleted my draft. Is there any way to recover that?

I INADVERTENTLY HIT the trashcan after a long and very complicated eMail message. That deleted my draft. Is there any way to recover that?

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If the site doesn't have a copy, then probably not. There are some add-ons which keep a copy of your work as you go in case your form crashes or clears, but that is not a built-in feature of Firefox.

For future reference maybe: Form History Control

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By the way, if the site has a Trash or Deleted Items folder, definitely check that as well as the Drafts folder. I don't know which sites put deleted drafts in trash and which just completely get rid of them.

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Thanks jscher! Of course I was afraid of that. Yes, I checked both DRAFTS & TRASH. Apparently deleted items are not sent to the trash. Think there may have been an "undo" option, but if so, I delayed too long with that sinking feeling about what I had done, so that the option disappeared! Sometimes, that's life. - Thank you for taking the time to respond. - IMAGEPRO