Retrieve deleted PDF on Android phone

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Souvik Sadhu · Accepted Answer

sorry the end result was disappointing. i thought it would be more favorable.

Hi @mallory35494152ola3 @kglad,

This is a designed behavior.

The mobile version of Acrobat offers two different options.

One is the "remove feature," which removes the file from appearing on the recent list.

The other is the "delete function," which removes the file entirely from the source location.

Once done, the file cannot be recovered from our end.

We did make some changes to make the delete message more self-explanatory.

Please let me know if the message doesn't describe the process, and I will follow up with the team to check this.

Thanks,

Souvik

John T Smith · Answer

Everyone seems to be assuming 1 of 2 things (or both of them)

1 - Mallory is using an Adobe program to read and/or manage PDF files

2 - Mallory's cell phone is linked to Adobe cloud storage

Mallory has not actually said either of these things

I have a Samsung Android cell phone and I have not had to install anything from Adobe to be able to open and view a PDF file... a function included with the cell phone reads a PDF just fine

I do not have my cell phone linked to any type of cloud storage... so aside from what jane-e posted about Google Drive (which I do not use) when I delete any type of file it is GONE

So until Mallory provides more information, I don't think anyone really knows how to restore that specific file

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