How to restore an item that you accidentally deleted from your Canvas course

Have you ever accidentally deleted an assignment, page, discussion, etc. from your Canvas course?  You may be able to restore the deleted item using this “undelete” trick:

  • First, go to the Home page of your Canvas course.
  • Find the URL of your Canvas course at the top of the browser tab:

Finding the URL of your Canvas course  

  • Type /undelete at the end of the URL, then hit enter on your keyboard to go to the page:

Typing /undelete at the end of the URL of your Canvas course   

  • On this page, you can review items that have been deleted from your Canvas course. Click on the restore button next to any item that you would like to restore.