Restore a deleted file in the Visual Studio Code Recycle Bin

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Using Visual Studio Code Version 1 8 1 how do I restore a deleted file in the recycle bin

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I know the OP says Recycle Bin  What I do though is recreate the file  especially if it s a single file  And when in the file  I just press CMD Z  I m on a Mac  and I get my file back    Recreate the file in the same directory from where it was deleted  CMD Z inside of the newly created file

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who still facing the problem on linux  and didnt find it on trash try this solution  https   github com Microsoft vscode issues 32078 issuecomment-434393058  find   -name  delete file name

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Just look up the files you deleted  inside Recycle Bin  Right click on it and do restore as you do normally with other deleted files  It is similar as you do normally because VS code also uses normal trash of your system

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Go to your computer s Recycle Bin  Search for the specific file that got deleted  Right click on that file  Go to Restore in the drop-down list   Voila  The file is restored and is back in your folder  Happy Coding

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If your local directory has git initialized and you have not committed the changes that include the delete  you can use git checkout -f to throw away local changes

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If you just deleted the file  know that VSCode 1 52  Dec  2020  will support   Undo file operations in Explorer   Explorer now supports Undo and Redo for all file operations  delete  rename  copy  move  new file and new folder  Make sure the focus is in the Explorer and trigger the Undo or Redo commands and your last file operation will be undone or redone respectively  Keep in mind that we have separate undo stacks for the editor and the explorer and we choose which one to undo based on focus

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I accidentally discarded changes in the Source Control in VS Code  I just needed to reopen this file and press Ctrl-Z few times  glad that VS Code saves your changes like that

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It uses the normal trash bin of your system  So you can grab it our of there   In Windows you find it in the explorer  in Linux it is as well in Konquerer   Nemo

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Running on Ubuntu 18 04  with VS code 1 51 0 My deleted files from VS Code are located at     local share Trash files To search for your deleted files  find    local share Trash files -name your file name   Hope my case helped

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While pushing a repository to Github through Vs Studio code I deleted whole folder and they were not available in Recycle bin also  Here is how I recovered those files  For Windows   The method is to restore the previous version of the Drive in which the deleted file existed  I had deleted files from G  drive  the below images are self explanatory  Open properties menu of the drive    In properties go to previous versions tab  where you can find the previously stored versions of that drive along with date at time of backup use open or click on restore to get the previous version of that drive     Note  Manipulations in the drive after restore point won t be available

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First go to Recycle Bin of your local machine  Your VS code deleted files is there in Recycle Bin  So  Right click on deleted files and select-  Restore option then your deleted files  will be automatically restored in your VS code

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