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How do I restore a Modern homepage that was deleted?
Niki Felker I know your question was from 6 months ago, but I just had a similar problem, except that in my case a user had deleted the home page almost a year ago. I found that you can create a new blank modern page by appending "/_layouts/CreateSitePage.aspx" to the end of your site URL. e.g. https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/yoursite/_layouts/CreateSitePage.aspx
That will let you create a blank modern page.
If you want to create a page with the default modern home page layout, you can use the Pnp (Patterns and Practices) powershell module for Sharepoint with the following couple of lines:Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/yoursite"
Add-PnPClientSidePage -Name Home -LayoutType Home
(of course you'll need to have the PnP SharePoint module installed for that to work)
That will create a modern page named Home, with the Home layout, in the site pages library.
Niki Felker wrote:Somehow I managed to delete the homepage to my modern communication site. Problem is, I can't find it in the Recycle bin! Any ideas/suggestions on how I can recover that deleted homepage or how I can create a new homepage (not using a Title Page layout).
Niki Felker any deleted page will stay in the first & second stage recycle bins for 90 days, now if you remove the page from the first stage recycle bin, it should stay in the second stage recycle bin. if you are the admin of the site, you can check the second stage recycle bin.. now if the page was removed from the second stage recycle bin, the only option you have is to contact Microsoft or if you use any backup tools to check previous backup jobs
john johnThanks John. The strange part is, it's not in the first or second stage recycle bin - and it was deleted it yesterday.
- This might sound crazy - but make sure you are looking for the correct file in the recycle bins - e.g. is is actually called page1.aspx when you think it is called home.aspx, etc - e.g. look for anything deleted yesterday, regardless of file name.
Rob EllisI just created the site so my recycle bin is empty. I've added content to the homepage and 2 additional pages that I have created. I think I found the culprit - just need to figure out how it happened and if I can get the homepage restored! I was using a migration tool to copy a page from another site and it deleted the homepage from my destination site. Just sent an email to their support group hoping they can help. Is there any way to create a homepage? I want the page layout that the homepage provides (without that annoying thick empty space the title page gives you at the top).
