# How to Restore Deleted Files on Your Server

> Files you delete in the panel go to the recycling bin for 30 days. Here's how to get them back.

Source: https://www.beaconhosting.org/knowledgebase/how-to-restore-deleted-files-on-your-server
Category: Getting Started
Last updated: 2026-10-22

When you delete files in **Files**, they aren't removed straight away. They go to the server's recycling bin, `.trash`, for **30 days**.

## Restore a file

1. Open your server and go to **Files**.
2. Open **`.trash`**, the first folder in the top level.
3. Find the file or folder. Each entry shows where it was deleted from.
4. Use **Restore file to its original location**.

It goes back exactly where it was.

## Things to know

- After 30 days, files in the recycling bin are deleted for good.
- **FORCE DELETE** skips the recycling bin. Files deleted that way can't be restored, except from a backup.
- Files changed or deleted by the server itself (or over SFTP) don't go to the recycling bin.

## Not in the recycling bin?

Restore it from a backup instead. See [How to Restore and Download Backups](/knowledgebase/how-to-restore-and-download-backups-on-the-games-panel).