How to Recover a Deleted Page in Notion (2026 Guide)
Notion gives you four chances to recover deleted content. Pressing Cmd/Ctrl + Z undoes the most recent delete. Trash holds deleted pages for 30 days. Page history lets you roll a single page back to an earlier snapshot. And workspace admin restore is a last resort for content that’s gone past 30 days, available through Notion support on paid plans.
Here’s how to use each, in order from quickest to most involved.
1. Press Cmd/Ctrl + Z (Undo)
The fastest recovery method, and it works for anything you just deleted, a block, a selection of blocks, or a whole page, as long as you haven’t navigated away or made big subsequent changes.
Steps
- Mac: Press Cmd + Z.
- Windows / Linux: Press Ctrl + Z.
- The most recent action is reversed.
You can press it multiple times to walk back through your edit history for the current session. Once you reload the page, switch pages, or close the tab, the undo stack resets.
What undo can recover
- Individual deleted blocks.
- Multi-block selections that were deleted.
- An entire deleted page (within the same session).
- Property changes on a database row.
- Cell value changes in a database.
Tip: If you accidentally delete a page from the sidebar, Cmd/Ctrl + Z still works as long as you haven’t refreshed or navigated. The page reappears in its original location.
2. Restore from Trash
Every deleted page goes to Trash first. They stay there for 30 days before being permanently removed.
Find Trash
- Click Trash at the bottom-left of the sidebar (it’s near Settings and Templates).
- The Trash drawer shows three tabs:
- All Pages: every page you’ve deleted across all locations.
- In Current Page: pages deleted from the page you’re currently viewing.
- Search: type a page title to find a specific deleted page.
Restore a page
- Click the page you want to restore to preview it.
- Click the restore icon (curved arrow) on the right side of the row, or open the page and click Restore at the top.
- The page returns to its original parent location in the sidebar with the same content, properties, and subpages it had when deleted.
Permanently delete a page early
If you’re sure you don’t want a page back, you can delete it permanently before the 30-day window:
- In Trash, hover over the page.
- Click the trash icon (or open the page and click Delete permanently).
- Confirm. After this, the page can only be recovered through admin restore on paid plans.
Restore vs. permanent deletion timeline
| Time since deletion | Recovery method |
|---|---|
| Same session | Cmd/Ctrl + Z |
| 0–30 days | Trash > Restore |
| 30+ days, still on a paid plan | Workspace admin restore via Notion support |
| 30+ days on Free | Generally not recoverable |
3. Restore an Earlier Version with Page History
Page history isn’t strictly for deleted pages, it’s for content that was changed or deleted within a page that’s still alive. If you didn’t delete the whole page but accidentally wiped a section, page history is the right tool.
Open page history
- Open the page.
- Click the ••• menu in the top-right.
- Select Page history.
- A side panel shows snapshots over time.
Restore a previous version
- Scroll the list of snapshots and click one to preview the page at that point in time.
- Use the panel timestamp to identify the right version.
- Click Restore version to roll the entire page back to that snapshot.
The current page is replaced. The previous state is also saved as a new history entry, so the restore itself is reversible.
Plan availability
Page history retention depends on your plan:
| Plan | Page history retention |
|---|---|
| Free | 7 days |
| Plus | 30 days |
| Business | 90 days |
| Enterprise | Unlimited |
So a Plus user has a 30-day window to roll back changes; Enterprise gets the full history.
Note: Page history is page-by-page. There’s no “workspace history” rollback for everything at once.
4. Workspace Admin Restore (Paid Plans Only)
If a page is past the 30-day Trash window and not in page history, the only remaining option is to ask Notion support to restore it from a backup.
Eligibility
- Your workspace must be on Business or Enterprise (most reliably). Plus may be supported case-by-case.
- You must be a workspace owner: support won’t restore on a regular member’s request.
- The deletion must be within Notion’s backup window (typically 30 days after permanent deletion, but check with support, windows can vary).
How to request a restore
- Go to Settings > Workspace > Security.
- Click the support contact link, or email team@makenotion.com.
- Include the workspace name, your role (owner), the approximate date of deletion, and any identifying details about the lost content (titles, parent location, who deleted it).
- Wait for a Notion support agent, restores are manual and can take several business days.
What admin restore can and can’t do
- Can: restore individual pages, sections, or the workspace state from a server-side backup.
- Can’t: recover content from outside the backup window, recover content from a workspace that was fully deleted past the retention period, or restore selectively to a specific point in time.
5. Recover Database Rows Specifically
Database rows have the same Trash and history rules as regular pages, they just live inside a database.
Restore a deleted database row
- Click Trash in the sidebar.
- Search for the row title or scroll the list.
- Click the row to preview, then click Restore.
The row reappears in its original database with all property values intact.
Restore a property value
If the row exists but a property got changed or wiped, use Page history on that row’s page (open the row > ••• > Page history). Property changes are tracked in history alongside body content.
Quick Reference
| Scenario | Recovery method | Time window |
|---|---|---|
| Just deleted, still in this session | Cmd/Ctrl + Z | Until you navigate away |
| Deleted within last 30 days | Trash > Restore | 30 days |
| Page is alive but content was changed | Page history | 7d (Free) / 30d (Plus) / 90d (Business) / unlimited (Enterprise) |
| Past 30 days on Business or Enterprise | Admin restore via support | Backup window (~30 days post-permanent-delete) |
| Past 30 days on Free | Generally unrecoverable | : |
Which Method Should You Use?
- Just hit delete by mistake? Press Cmd/Ctrl + Z immediately.
- Realized hours or days later? Open Trash in the sidebar.
- A page is still around but you wiped a section? Use Page history if you’re on Plus or above.
- Past the 30-day Trash window? If you’re on Business or Enterprise, contact Notion support for an admin restore. If you’re on Free or Plus, the page is likely gone, back up regularly going forward (see how to export a Notion page).
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