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# Recovering Content

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### Overview of Problem

You organization needs to recover a batch of recently deleted content. Content Recovery lets Box Admins and Co-Admins restore and recover large numbers of files across the organization.

### Process for Resolution

<Note>
  **Note:**

  * To use Content Recovery, your enterprise will need to have Shield enabled.
  * A Co-Admin must have the *Edit users' content* permission enabled to recover other users' content.
</Note>

1. Go to **Admin Console > Content**.
2. Select the **Content Recovery** tab.
3. Select **Recover Content**.
4. Enter the name of a managed or external user.
5. Select a date range. This is the range of the user's activity you want analyzed. (A custom range can be up to the last 30 days.)
6. Select **Search**.
7. Review the list of found files. You can also:
   * Use the User File Activity chart to analyze file activity. You can:
     * Hover over any column in the graph to see how many files were modified or trashed during that slice of time.
     * Select or clear events in the legend to determine which types of events appear in the graph and the list.
     * Drag the ends of the time bar under the graph in to adjust the start or end time and date.
   * Select Create file report (<InlineImage src="/images/box-admin-tools/create-file-report-button.png" alt="Create file report button" />) to generate a report listing the found files. This allows to you more easily review the files found in the search and identify the files you want to recover. For each file, the report includes the file ID, name, path, owner, last recovery-related activity, and current recovery status.
   * Select Filter (<InlineImage src="/images/box-admin-tools/filter-button.png" alt="Filter button" />) to narrow the list of files. You can filter by keyword within the file name, recovery activity type, and date range. Select **Save** to apply any filters.
8. Select **Recover Files**.
9. Select a recovery point. Content Recovery will automatically assign a recommended recovery point based on the start date of the recovery window. Selected files will be recovered back to their state before the selected point in time (by finding the right file version and making it the most current version).

<Note>
  **Note**

  If you want to edit the recovery point, select **Edit** and then select a date and time within the recovery window. While you can edit your recovery point to any date within the analysis window, we recommend not selecting a date/time within the recovery window. This can lead to files not being recovered back far enough based on your selected window.
</Note>

10. Select **Save**.
11. Select **Recover**.

The Content Recovery task page will show the status of files being recovered.

### Outcome

Once complete, the deleted content will be restored and accessible to it owners and collaborators.

### Further Reading

[About Content Recovery](/en/box-admin-tools/managing-content/content-recovery/about-content-recovery)