Is there an Obsidian trash folder?

[ericweir]

Things I have tried

I’m on a MacBook. I looked in the Apple trash folder and didn’t find what I was looking for.

What I’m trying to do

I accidentally deleted a file I want to keep. Wondering if there’s a way to restore files deleted in Obsidian.

[rigmarole]

Yes, go to your preferences, and check the setting, “Files & Links → Deleted files”.

If you have it set to “Obsidian trash”, you can find it under your YourVaultName/.trash

That folder is hidden by default. If you can’t find it, you can view hidden dot files by hitting Cmd-Shift-. or use Cmd-Shift-G and type that path in.

If you have it set to “Permanently delete”, I don’t personally know. It might be gone. Or you might be able to use the “File recovery” plugin.

[ericweir]

Thanks. It was set on system folder. I checked that on my MacBook but didn’t find the file. I may have deleted it on my iPad. Don’t know where system trash is on that.

Not a terrible problem. It’s an easily recreated file.

I’ve changed it to Obsidian trash folder. That way it’ll be accessible on my mobile devices.

Thanks again.

[ariehen]

Obsidian trash is probably the best, but just a heads up: you can’t view (or restore) your Obsidian .trash folder easily from within Obsidian or the Files.app on iOS/iPadOS.

Apple makes it very inconvenient to view/edit/etc hidden folders and files on iOS/iPadOS. I’ve read Working Copy can view hidden folders, but I haven’t tried it myself.

[ericweir]

Thanks for the heads up. I surely wish Apple could come up with a solution to security that was less crippling to its devices. I once bought an android table just to see if I could get Vim working on a mobile device. No problem. Even got a replacement keyboard that restored the missing keys. If only it was possible on Apple devices.