Would you like to learn how to recover a deleted user account from the Active Directory? In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable the recycle bin and recover a deleted user account in the Active Directory.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
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Tutorial Active Directory - Recover deleted user account
On the domain controller, open the Active Directory administrative center.
On the left part of the screen, select your domain name.
On the right part of the screen, locate the tasks panel.
Select the option to enable the recycle bin.
Confirm the installation of the recycle bin.
A new directory named Deleted objects will be displayed.
As a test, delete a user account from the Active Directory.
On the Active Directory administrative center, access the folder named Deleted Objects.
Select the deleted user account and click on the Restore option.
In our example, we recovered a deleted user account from the Active Directory.
