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how to retrieve my data deleted which past 90 days

Tshfhiwa Nephawe 0 Reputation points
2026-05-23T18:30:14.4866667+00:00

Greetings,

please assist to retrieve the folders deleted that past 90 days.

there's important folder i need.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Recovery and backup
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  1. EmilyS726 238.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-05-23T19:04:30.67+00:00

    Was this a folder in OneDrive?

    Is this a personal account or a work/school account?

    If it is personal account, unfortunately the files cannot be recovered at this point. It is within product design intention.

    If this is a work/school account, it might be recoverable, depending on each organization's retention policy. Reach out to your organization's IT support team, they would know what the retention policy is for your organization and can recover for you if it is still within the defined retention period.

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    2026-05-23T18:30:27.7566667+00:00

    If the folders were deleted more than 90 days ago and there is no backup, built‑in Microsoft services generally cannot recover them.

    From the provided information:

    • OneDrive personal accounts: items in the OneDrive recycle bin are automatically and permanently deleted after 30 days.
    • OneDrive work or school and SharePoint Online: items are retained for 93 days in the recycle bin. After that, they are permanently deleted, except for an additional 14‑day backup window where a tenant admin can ask Microsoft Support to restore an entire site or OneDrive, not individual files.
    • Exchange Online public folder mailboxes and some directory objects (Microsoft Entra) have a 30–90 day soft‑delete retention window. After that, they are permanently deleted and cannot be restored.

    If the deletion happened more than 90 days ago (and beyond any additional backup window) and the data is not present in:

    • Windows Recycle Bin,
    • OneDrive/SharePoint recycle bin,
    • A previous version/backup (such as “Restore your OneDrive” within the last 30 days), then the data is considered permanently deleted by these services and cannot be recovered using Microsoft’s native recovery features.

    The only remaining options would be:

    • Restore from an independent backup (system image, third‑party backup, external drive copy), if one exists.
    • Use third‑party file recovery tools on the local drive, understanding that success is not guaranteed and decreases the longer the drive has been in use since deletion.

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