Eclipse – Restore deleted file from local history

This tutorial shows how to restore a deleted file from the local history in Eclipse.

Eclipse keeps the deleted files in its local history and provides a very simple way to retrieve a mistakenly deleted file.

Below are the steps:

1. Right-click the project -> Restore from local history
2. A new popup is displayed holding the deleted files that are still existing in the Eclipse local history:
3. Select the file you want to restore, then click Restore.
4. That’s it, the file is restored to the same package where it resided before the deletion.