Recovering deleted files on iPhone or iPad
Last edited Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:27 AM - Edit history (1)
I accidentally deleted an Excel file form my iPad and I had to redo it from scratch. It's a spreadsheet I use for my bowling leagues to record scores and figure out how many win/losses points to assign each team. The bowling center shows the scores at the end of the session on the TV screen but one league figures win/losses differently. Instead of which team has the highest score what we do is compare which team bowled more pins above average. The spreadsheet my teammate and myself developed totaled, compared, and assigned points which makes it easier than using the calculator and spending five minutes figuring everything out. I reconstructed the file and all of the formulas from memory and once I did that I saved it. I then looked up how to recover deleted files on an iPad and found out how to do it.
To recover deleted files on an iPhone or iPad, follow these steps:
1. Open the files App
2. Tap on the Recently Deleted
3. Tap on the file you wish to recover
4. Tap and hold until you a window opens
5. Tap Recover. The file is now back in your active files.
I hope this will help anyone else who has an iPhone or iPad that needs to recover a deleted file.