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Undelete a table

Use the influxctl table undelete command to restore a previously deleted table in your InfluxDBed cluster.

To undelete a table:

  • A new table with the same name cannot already exist.
  • You must have appropriate permissions to manage databases.

When you undelete a table, it is restored with the same partition template and other settings as when it was deleted.

Tables can only be undeleted for a configurable “hard-delete” grace period after they are deleted. After this grace period, all Parquet files associated with the deleted table are permanently removed and the table cannot be undeleted.

Undelete a table using the influxctl CLI

influxctl table undelete 
DATABASE_NAME
 
TABLE_ID

Replace the following:

  • DATABASE_NAME: Name of the database associated with the deleted table
  • TABLE_ID: ID of the deleted table to restore

View deleted table IDs

To view the IDs of deleted tables, use the influxctl table list command with the --filter-status=deleted flag–for example:

influxctl table list --filter-status=deleted 
DATABASE_NAME

Replace DATABASE_NAME with the name of the database associated with the table you want to undelete.

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