I searched the SharePoint Community Site and didn’t find this solution so I am just adding it here. Got a request today to restore an item from the recycle bin (Top-Level). User had the document name but no knowledge of when it was deleted. Navigating the recycle bin looking for a document can take time and is no fun, especially if it is full of deleted items. Here is a nice powershell script to find the deleted item and also restore it:
$sitecoll = Get-SPSite “http://wheresmydoc.findit.com”
$sitecoll.RecycleBin | ?{$_.Title -match “MyDocIsHere.xls”}
Running the above will display its properties if the document is found. Now run the below to restore your document
$sitecoll.RecycleBin.Restore(“place doc ID here”)
Thats it.
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