If you accidentally deleted or saved over a document, you can recover it by using the Restore Previous Versions function in Windows.
Restoring a previous version of a file
If a file has been overwritten on a network share, follow the steps below:
Step 1:
Right click on the file and select Restore previous versions.
Step 2:
Select a version from the date that you want to restore Note: You can select different files and hit Open to see if it’s the correct version.
Step 3 Option A (Overwrite the existing file):
Click Restore. This will replace your current file with the one selected.
Step 3 Option B (Copy/paste the restored file elsewhere):
Right-click the selected version, choose Copy, and then paste the file to a new location.
Restoring a Deleted File
If a file has been deleted on a shared drive, follow the steps below.
Step 1:
Right click on the folder that previously contained the file and select Restore Previous Versions.
Step 2:
Select a version of the folder before the file was deleted and click Open. This will open the folder where you can view all previous files.
Step 3:
Browse to the file that was deleted, right click the file, and select Copy and then paste the file to a new location.
