Folders and files disappeared from desktop

bbbjahcreated wrote:

Yesterday I worked until morning and went to sleep. When I opened my MacBook today, all my files on the desktop were deleted. Only an unimportant file with the extension .pages called untitled.pages was not deleted. M2 MacBook Pro, 16 GB, 1 TB, Sequoia 15.2

make some changes to your settings...

if your files/folders were deleted, then they are in your Trash. Control click on them there>Put Back...

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restore items backed up with Time Machine

Retore items backed up with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support