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title: How to Restore a Deleted File in a SciNote Task?
description: If a file has been accidentally deleted from a task, you can use SciNote's audit trail to recover and re-upload it. The audit trail logs every user action, including file deletions, and allows you to download any previously attached files.
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# How to Restore a Deleted File in a SciNote Task?

## If a file has been accidentally deleted from a task, you can use SciNote's audit trail to recover and re-upload it. The audit trail logs every user action, including file deletions, and allows you to download any previously attached files.

### **To restore a deleted file:**

1. **Navigate** to the settings icon**⚙️**
2. **Click** on Workspaces tab within the task.
3. **Select** the Workspace name where the file was deleted by clicking on it.
4. **Click** on the **Details** tab and than **click Audit Trail.**
5. **Click** on the file to download it or right click on the mouse.

The video below is a step by step tutorial.

 

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Only workspace administrators have the permission to access the audit trail. If you are not one and need to restore a file, please contact your admin.

The option to restore the deleted files is not available on basic plans. Please contact your Account Manager if you want to know more about this feature.

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