How to restore a deleted shopping list

To restore a deleted list, open Trash  and tap Restore next to it. The list goes back to the top of your lists, ready to use.

Restore a list from Trash

Trash never empties itself, so deleted lists stay there until you delete them. The most recent ones are at the top, and if there are a lot of them, you can search for a list by name. On your phone, you can also tap a list to see what was on it before you restore it.

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Android

  1. On the Lists tab, tap the menu  at the top of the screen and choose Trash .
  2. Find the list you want to recover.
  3. Tap Restore to move it back to your lists.

iPhone

  1. On the Lists tab, tap the menu  at the top of the screen and choose Trash .
  2. Find the list you want to recover.
  3. Tap Restore to move it back to your lists.

Browser

  1. In the menu on the left, choose Trash .
  2. Find the list you want to recover.
  3. Click Restore to move it back to your lists.

The list isn’t in Trash

If you can’t see the list in Trash, check which of these matches your situation:

  • The list was shared with you and was deleted: a list like this doesn’t go to your Trash. Ask the person who created it to share it with you again or, if they deleted it, to restore it from their own Trash.
  • The list was deleted from Trash: after you tap Delete or Empty trash, the list is gone for good. In the phone app, a bar with Undo appears at the bottom of the screen straight after. Tap it right away, because once it disappears, you can’t recover the list yourself.

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