Is there a way I can recover a deleted repository on Gitlab?

Question

I deleted a repository in Gitlab from the website, and I am trying to retrieve it, is that possible?

Wittenburg

Answer 1

Unless you are subscribed for GitLab Premium or higher, you cannot restore your project.

The documentation says that:

From GitLab 13.2 on Premium or higher tiers, group owners can configure projects within a group to be deleted after a delayed period. When enabled, actual deletion happens after number of days specified in instance settings.

And just by looking at the delete button, it's clear that you won't be able to restore it later on

Nasho

this is a very funny behaviour - once a project is deleted, it still hangs around for several days giving 404s when clicking on any urls referring to it, but there is no way that I am aware of to get rid of it immediately. – Northnortheast