Restore file to a different location

Hi We have delete a library and its contents. We would like to restore the files to a different location. Is this principle possible. The support sites I have found all say a file needs to be res...

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Thuyavan Ganesan
Dec 13, 2018
There is noway you would be able to directly restore a deleted SP library to a new or another site from SP site recycle. As simple as this, you cant take a backup of the deleted file from the recycle. its an image that has to be restore to the original location where its deleted from.

Same windows recycle bin concept :)

Hope this helps

Thuyavan Ganesan

Iron Contributor

Dec 13, 2018

There is noway you would be able to directly restore a deleted SP library to a new or another site from SP site recycle. As simple as this, you cant take a backup of the deleted file from the recycle. its an image that has to be restore to the original location where its deleted from.

Same windows recycle bin concept :)

Hope this helps

Alistair Trigg
Brass Contributor
Dec 14, 2018
Hi

Thanks. I was hoping for a different answer but that makes sense. We'll recreate the libraries and restore and then move the files.

Alistair

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