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How do I restore a file that was previously moved to the Recycle Bin (deleted)?
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Note: This is only applicable to files removed by selecting Move to Recycle Bin ( ) from the file's File operations. There currently is no way to recover files lost when deleting a folder.
- Login to Omni CMS.
- Using the top navigation, hover over Content ( ) and select Recycle Bin ( ).
- You should now see a list of recycled files.
- Use the Filter ( ) box to help find the file needing to be restored.
- You can filter on the any part of the path to the file, like funnymonkeys/hybrid, to see a list of all files in a specific folder or sub-folder.
- Note: The file may be named slightly different in the Recycle Bin than it was named originally, normally a dash ( - ) and a number. will be appended. This may happen if another file (potentially from other sites) was recycled with the same name.
- Once the file to be restored has been located, hover over its row and select Restore ( ) from the Options column.
- Confirm the restoration by clicking the Restore button on the pop-up message.
- The file should now be restored to its original folder, using its original name.
Note: If you receive the error A file with the same name exists on staging it means a file with the same name already exists in the folder being restored to. If the restored file is preferred over the existing file, do the following.
- Navigate to the path in the Recycle Bin file's Original Path column.
- Locate the file with the same name as the file to be restored.
- Hover over the file and select File > Move to Recycle Bin from the Options column.
- Alternatively, select File > Rename from the Options column, and change its name slightly.
- Repeat steps 2 - 7, above.