How to Move Files in the macOS Trash Back to Their Original Locations

Here’s a quick macOS tip that lets you quickly return items in your Trash to their original locations. You’ve always been able to drag items from the Trash to your Desktop (or any other folder) if you decide not to delete them. Now you can move some (or all) files from your Trash back to their original locations on your Mac.

To do so, select the items you want to move back from the Trash, then right-click (or ctrl-click if you have a single-button mouse/trackpad) and select Put Back

moving items from the macOS Trash back to their initial locations

Now all the files you selected will be relocated back to their previous locations. No need to manually move files around one by one anymore :)


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