---
title: "Restoring a deleted Entity"
method: POST
path: "/v1/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{name}/entities/{uuid}/restore"
tags: ["Entity Management"]
---

# Restoring a deleted Entity

`POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{name}/entities/{uuid}/restore`

## Request

- Base URL: `/` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/v1/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{name}/entities/{uuid}/restore`
- Auth: none declared

Entities that have been recently soft-deleted and not yet purged can be restored using this endpoint.

## Path parameters

- `projectId` number, required
- `name` string, required
- `uuid` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- Success
  - `success` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `404`: Not Found

## Changes

- **2025-12-20** `022694254f0d`: 1 info
  - api operation id `Restoring a deleted Entity` removed and replaced with `restoreDeletedEntity`
- **2025-10-27** `b11b54eea487`: 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `403`
- **2025-10-10** `196d7d957d94`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-03-13** `e8c2858fd4eb`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/getodk/apis/odk-central-api/changes/v1/projects/:projectId/datasets/:name/entities/:uuid/restore/post.md)

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