Join the official community for Google Workspace administratorsIn the Google Cloud Community, connect with Googlers and other Google Workspace admins like yourself. Participate in product discussions, check out the Community Articles, and learn tips and tricks that will make your work and life easier. Be the first to know what's happening with Google Workspace. Show ______________ Learn about more Google Workspace launchesOn the “What’s new in Google Workspace?” Help Center page, learn about new products and features launching in Google Workspace, including smaller changes that haven’t been announced on the Google Workspace Updates blog. ______________ As a Google Workspace admin, you’re likely familiar with panic-struck end users asking you to restore Gmail messages that are lost. Here are some common Gmail data loss scenarios, with steps to use Spanning Backup to restore email messages in a couple of clicks. Restoring Lost Email Consider two examples for end user Gmail data loss:
In cases like these, if Spanning Backup for Google Workspace has been installed for your domain and the end user is assigned a Spanning license, you can restore that email in a few minutes:
Self-Restoring Email Spanning Backup for Google Workspace is purpose-built to allow Google Workspace administrators and their colleagues in IT to focus on high value projects. Giving end users the ability to restore their own emails does just that – freeing up IT admin time – while making recovery quick, easy and accessible for users. Your end users can self-restore lost Gmail messages with these simple steps.
Restoring Email to Another User The need to restore mail after an employee has left is a common scenario. For example, for restoring email from an ex-employee to their manager. However, it may be complicated by an employee deleting important messages, intentionally or accidentally. With Spanning Backup for Google Workspace installed, you can restore that mail quickly and easily.
Spanning supports easy recovery based on your requirement – restore from a point-in-time, search and filter for specific lost artifacts, restore to another account and restore from Team drives. Spanning Backup also supports Google Workspace account recovery. Most importantly, Spanning is so intuitive to use that the end-user can restore their own lost or misplaced emails, files, folders and content in Google Workspace with minimal training and no IT intervention. Thus enabling faster recovery while reducing the load on the IT department. Don’t get derailed by data loss incidents related to Gmail, Drive (including Team Drives), Calendars, Contacts and Sites. Start Your 14-Day Free Trial If you delete an email from your inbox, it will initially be put into the Trash folder. The email will only be permanently deleted if you delete it in the Trash folder or empty the trash, or if the email's storage time has expired. Permanently deleted email cannot be recovered. The default storage time for email in the Trash folder is 1 day. However, you can customize the storage time for email in the Trash folder. Accidentally deleted emailIf you accidentally deleted an email, please check whether the email is in the Trash folder. You can move the email back to your inbox. Deleting email in the spam folderIf you delete email from the Spam folder or empty the Spam folder, the email will not be moved to the Trash folder. The email are immediately permanently deleted. Can you recover Gmail emptied trash?For up to 30 days after deleting, users can recover their own messages from the Trash by following the steps in Recover deleted Gmail messages. After 30 days, messages are permanently deleted from the Trash, and can't be restored from the Trash by users or administrators.
How can I restore my deleted emails in Gmail?Emails deleted from Gmail's Trash folder are removed permanently. There is no way to get them back. So, be careful when clicking “Delete forever” in Gmail. Emails in the Trash folder are automatically deleted after 30 days, so it's recommended to simply leave the email there.
How do I get an email back after emptying the trash?How to Recover Deleted Emails from Gmail. Open your Gmail account.. Choose “Trash” from the menu on the left.. Select the deleted email you want to recover.. Click on the “Move” icon. It looks like a file folder.. Choose “Inbox” or any other folder where you would like to move the deleted email.. |