accidentally removed media

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  j2911design · Member · Nov 8, 2020 at 9:36 pm

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  I accidentally deleted pictures from my media and wiped them all out from every post. Please help me find them in the trash and restore.

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  staff-cara · Staff · Nov 9, 2020 at 9:57 am

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  Hey @j2911design,

  Unfortunately, unlike posts, pages, and comments that can still be recovered, media deletions are permanent as you’ll see here: https://wordpress.com/support/media/deleting-files/

  The only way I know of possibly recovering them is if your site was cached by Google or something like Archive.org. Try putting your site here and see if something comes up: http://www.cachedpages.com/

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  fstat · Staff · Nov 9, 2020 at 10:07 am

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  Hi there,

  Judging by the site connected to your WordPress.com account it looks like you’re using the open-source WordPress software and therefore you need to seek help at these forums:

  https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

  The forum you’re currently posting is for WordPress.com hosted sites only. If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and the WordPress software you can read this document:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org