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Accidentally deleted a local folder—any way to get it back?

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dshein1
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Question is pretty much self explanatory. Right clicked on a local folder intending to rename it and clicked Delete by accident (they're next to each other). Is that folder gone forever or is there a way to recover it? This is a very costly loss.

Question is pretty much self explanatory. Right clicked on a local folder intending to rename it and clicked Delete by accident (they're next to each other). Is that folder gone forever or is there a way to recover it? This is a very costly loss.

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Stans
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You should find it under the Deleted folder, unless you also emptied the Deleted local folder.

dshein1
dshein1 Umnikazi wombuzo
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There is no "deleted" folder, unless you meant the Trash folder. In that case, it's too late because it's emptied automatically at close. So I'll take that as a "no". Sigh. This is going to take months to recover from.

Stans
Stans
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Under the Local Folders "accout", there is a Deleted folder. Since the folder you deleted was also a local folder, you should see it under the local Deleted folder. Sounds like the local Deleted folder is named "Trash" on your system for some reason. If this local Deleted/Trash folder is emptied on exit, then I don't know of any other way you could restore its contents. Maybe data recovery software could find it. Either way, you can see the importance of backing up your profile/emails. There are way too many similar cases that could have been averted if a backup was in place.