DupHunter Tutorial

Restore Removed Items

Use Removal History to review a cleanup and return available Trash items to their original locations.

When DupHunter sends selected files or folders to the operating system's Trash or Recycle Bin, it records the cleanup in Removal History when history is enabled. The record includes the original locations and the current status of each item.

Step 1: Open Removal History

Choose Removal History from the application menu or open it from the summary shown after a cleanup. The left pane lists cleanup sessions; the right pane lists the items belonging to the selected session.

Removal History with two removed items and Restore Selected enabled

Step 2: Select a cleanup

Choose the cleanup by date and time. Review the item names, original paths, and statuses. Items already restored are labelled accordingly and do not need to be selected again.

Step 3: Choose the items to restore

Check only the files or folders you want back, then click Restore Selected. DupHunter asks you to confirm the number of selected items before starting.

Step 4: Confirm the result

Successfully restored items return to their original locations and their status changes to Restored. If an item is no longer available in the Trash or the destination cannot be used, DupHunter reports the affected item instead of hiding the failure.

Important: Removal History is not a separate backup. Restoration depends on the item still being available in the operating system's Trash. Emptying the Trash can make restoration impossible.

Prevent the same mistake next time

On the final review opened with Review Selected Items, uncheck anything uncertain. Keep the default removal safety setting unless you intentionally need to allow the last copy in a group to be removed.