Accidentally deleted an active workflow — please restore from backups (n8n Cloud)

Questions
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While cleaning up my dashboard and removing some unused workflows, I accidentally selected and deleted an active workflow that I didn’t mean to remove. The dashboard was refreshing slowly, so the wrong one got deleted before I realized what had happened. Unfortunately, I don’t have my own backup or an exported copy of it.

This workflow was important and actively running, so I’d really appreciate it if support could restore it from your backups.

My n8n setup:

  • Running via: n8n Cloud
  • Database: Postgres (Supabase)

I understand backups may have a limited retention window, so I’d be grateful for any help as soon as possible. Thank you very much!

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Bayezid, stop changing that project until support answers. If they can restore from a backup, extra edits or recreated workflows can make the right timestamp harder to pin down.

This is a Cloud restore request, not a workflow fix. In the support ticket, give the deletion time with timezone, the Cloud instance URL/project, the workflow ID if you can still see it in browser history or executions, and one last successful execution ID. Keep private IDs out of this public thread; here, just post whether support can see a restorable copy.

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@Bayezid_Mostafa

You can try to rebuild your workflow through your execution history

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The execution history is incredibly useful for manually rebuilding your workflow:

  1. View Old Executions: If you still have access to the execution logs for that workflow (check your “Executions” tab to see if they are still listed, even if the workflow is gone), you can click on an execution.
  2. Inspect Nodes: By clicking through the steps of an execution, you can see exactly how each node was configured, the mappings you used, and the logic of your expressions.
  3. Copy-Paste Logic: You can use the information from these logs to recreate the nodes and settings in a new workflow.
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Check your Executions tab, even deleted workflows sometimes still have logs. Click through old runs to see your node configs and rebuild from there.

For the restore, contact n8n Cloud support ASAP with your deletion time + timezone, instance URL, and any execution IDs. Backup windows are short so don’t wait.

Pro tip: Build a simple 2-node workflow to auto-export all your workflows as JSON to Google Drive daily. Saves you from this headache in the future.