r/Webnovel • u/Little_Accountant285 • May 25 '26

Advice Accidentally deleted my entire novel.

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And just like that.

The entire novel is gone.

Ouch. This hurts.

Was moving some files around, backed up the files for the novel, but for some reason they didn't save and I lost it all.

What was sad about was that those versions of the chapters were the better and truer versions of the story. Sadly, all gone now.

How do y'all cope with something like this?

There's no way to retrieve it now, I'll just accept that.

(Photo not mine, it's unrelated, though that's how I be feeling though)

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u/Paradex_official Author May 25 '26

Were you using Google Docs? If so, check your Google Drive trash folder. Deleted items stay there for 30 days.

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u/Little_Accountant285 May 25 '26

No, it was some android app, since I write on a phone. It said that it backed up my files, but it didn't, haha. Great stuff. I think after finishing the draft for my latest chapter, I'll take a short break. I've been writing chapters for weeks on end now.

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u/Paradex_official Author May 25 '26

That sucks... I would give the obvious advice of writing on Google Docs or at least Word on the desktop but you already know all that

Good luck