There are a couple of ways to restore content in Canvas that you have accidentally deleted:
- For recently deleted Canvas elements (e.g., Assignments, Pages, Discussions) that you'd like to restore, use Undelete in the URL to restore your item.
- Important: This method will work only with recently deleted items.
- For content deleted within Canvas Pages, you have a few options for restoring the content.
In this article:
Undeleting a Page, Assignment, or Other Item
- Go to the Home page of the course.
- Type /undelete In the address bar at the end of the course URL.
- Hit Enter/Return. The page that appears will contain a list of recently deleted items with restore buttons next to them.
- Click restore next to the item you want restored.
Note: If a Discussion is restored, previous student submissions to the discussion will not be restored.
Restoring a Paragraph or Other Content on a Page
There are two methods to restore deleted content on a Page:
- Use the Undo command to restore the content.
- Use View Page History to restore an earlier version of the page.
Undo
Use undo if you have not saved the page since you made the change.
- Windows
- Hold down the Control key and press z at the same time (Ctrl + z).
- Mac
- Hold down the Command key and press z at the same time (Cmd + z).
View Page History
- If you have deleted content and saved the Page, go to the vertical 3-dot settings icon and choose View Page History.
- Select the previous version you'd like to restore and choose Restore this revision.