# Restore something you removed with MoreRoom

> Put items back with Undo (⌘Z), History or Finder’s Put Back — and what can’t be restored: emptied Trash, items removed by their tool.

- URL: https://moreroom.app/support/restore-removed-items
- Topic: Troubleshooting
- Updated: 2026-10-17
- Publisher: MoreRoom (Yando Pte. Ltd.) — https://moreroom.app

## In short

- Right after a removal: click Undo in the message at the bottom of the window, or press ⌘Z (Edit › Undo Move to Trash).
- Later: click History in the sidebar and click Restore next to the removal. Items go back to where they were.
- Once the Trash is emptied, MoreRoom can’t restore anything. Items removed by their own tool (Permanent) can’t be restored either.

## How to restore items from History

1. **Open History.** Scan your Mac if needed, then click History in the sidebar, under Explore.
2. **Find the removal.** Each line shows the number of items, their size and the date and time.
3. **Click Restore.** The items go back to their original place and MoreRoom rescans. The line now says Restored.

## Three ways to put things back

| When | How |
|---|---|
| Right after removing | Click **Undo** in the message at the bottom of the window (it stays a few seconds). |
| Any time, most recent first | Press `⌘Z`, or choose **Edit › Undo Move to Trash**. It restores the latest removal that can still be restored. |
| Any time, any removal | Click **History** in the sidebar, then **Restore** next to the removal you want. |

Each removal is restored as a whole: an uninstalled app comes back with all its leftovers, a hibernated project with all its folders, a Collector batch with all its items.

You can also use Finder: open the Trash, Control-click an item and choose **Put Back**.

## What History shows

- **Restore** — the batch can be put back.
- **Restored** — it already was.
- “*n* not restored yet” — some items of the batch couldn’t be put back, for example because you emptied part of the Trash or something else now uses their place. Click **Restore** again after fixing it.
- **Removed by tool** — items removed by their tool’s command: the command is shown, and there’s nothing to restore in the Trash.

If an item’s original place is taken by a new file with the same name, MoreRoom restores it next to it rather than overwriting anything.

## What can’t be restored

- **Anything after the Trash is emptied.** MoreRoom never empties it for you; if you did, use a backup — Time Machine, for example.
- **Items removed by their own tool**, marked **Permanent** in the review sheet. Most can be downloaded or rebuilt again with the tool (simulators with Xcode, packages with their package manager).
- **Cloud downloads** removed with Keep in the Cloud aren’t in the Trash — they’re still in your cloud drive. Open a file to download it again, or choose **Download Now** in Finder.

## Related articles

- [Remove items safely: the Trash, the Collector and Undo](https://moreroom.app/support/remove-items-undo.md)
- [Uninstall apps with everything they left behind](https://moreroom.app/support/uninstall-apps.md)
- [Hibernate dormant projects, and wake them up](https://moreroom.app/support/project-hibernation.md)
- [I removed files, but my free space didn’t come back](https://moreroom.app/support/space-not-back.md)

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