Recovering a deleted Pages document not in Trash

I accidentally deleted a document from pages, and I was wondering if I can recover it. I have tried the trash and it is not there.


Posted on Nov 14, 2025 3:28 PM

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Posted on Nov 15, 2025 2:06 AM

If you deleted the Pages document from your internal drive, and unless you have it stored elsewhere, then your only recourse is to restore it from a Time Machine backup. Without a backup, it is gone forever.


If you deleted the Pages document from iCloud, then Apple provides a 30-day sliding window in which you can restore the document. See: Recover deleted files on iCloud.com - Apple Support


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Nov 15, 2025 2:06 AM in response to Pandas14cx

If you deleted the Pages document from your internal drive, and unless you have it stored elsewhere, then your only recourse is to restore it from a Time Machine backup. Without a backup, it is gone forever.


If you deleted the Pages document from iCloud, then Apple provides a 30-day sliding window in which you can restore the document. See: Recover deleted files on iCloud.com - Apple Support


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