Undeleting Data on the Source

Updated on 15 Nov 2023

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To benefit from the undelete feature, versioning must be enabled.

WCN provides you with two methods for recovering accidentally deleted data from your source. If you have configured the WCN delete mode to keep the file replica on the bucket, even if it is deleted on the source, you can easily recover the deleted file by synchronizing the contents of its parent folder with the contents on the bucket. For more information, refer to Synchronizing Data on the Source and the Bucket.

If the WCN delete mode is configured to delete the file replica from the bucket as soon as it is deleted from the source, your only means to recover an accidentally deleted file is to undelete it, following the steps below. Once you undelete a file, it appears on your source as a nearline file, which you can then retrieve manually, through WCN or on demand, by attempting to open it.

To undelete a file from a NAS source, you need to perform the operation in its shadow copy folder.

To undelete data on the source through the shell extension:

In Windows Explorer, right-click the folder containing the file you want to undelete.
In the context menu, select Wasabi Cloud NAS | Undelete.

WCN undeletes all deleted files in the selected folder as long as they have a version of the file on the bucket. The undeleted files appear on your source as nearline files, which you can retrieve manually or on demand.

What's Next

Managing File and Folder Versions

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