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Shanza
Jul 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Restoring deleted SharePoint files in bulk
Hi Community!, One of my colleagues managed to delete 1000+ files from a SharePoint site and we are restoring them set by set using the SharePoint restore option available on the site itself. I a...
Shanza
Jul 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Yes, multiple selections in SharePoint recycle bin is possible. However, although it shows everything is selected, as I scroll down the numbers increase. That's the reason I want to know if there's an efficient way to do a one-off restoration. Something like selecting a time and date of the files to restore files.
MagnusGoksoyrOLDProfile, appreciate your reply.
Regards,
Shazna
Bharath Arja
Jul 26, 2022Iron Contributor
Unfortunately, experience to restore files from Recycle bin is painful with endless scrolling. I wish MS implements pagination instead of bottomless scrolling. You have to select a bunch, restore and repeat.
- Joslin2335Jul 27, 2022Copper Contributor
Is there no option via powershell
- MagnusGoksoyrOLDProfileJul 27, 2022Bronze ContributorYou might want to try this: https://lazyadmin.nl/powershell/restore-recycle-bin-sharepoint-online-with-powershell/
(I have not tried it myself so you should test it before you use it)