Emergency recovery
Recover a deleted website without a backup
Last updated 11 August 2026
If hosting expired, files were deleted, a developer disappeared, or the only backup is an archived copy, start with a restore check. Choose the snapshot that best represents the site, then inspect what can genuinely be recovered before rebuilding anything the public archive never captured.
1. Check the domain's archive history
Enter the original domain and use the latest available capture for speed, or provide a specific Wayback replay URL when a known historical version matters. A successful availability check confirms that archive evidence exists; it does not promise that every historical file was captured.
2. Inspect pages, styling, and assets
The recovery follows archived pages and first-party dependencies such as images, stylesheets, scripts, fonts, and documents. Preview is the fastest way to check whether the selected snapshot contains the design and content you need.
3. Separate recovered evidence from rebuilding
The host-ready package contains recoverable public files and rewritten internal references. Login systems, databases, form processing, carts, private media, and server-side code must be rebuilt separately because public archive captures do not contain that application state.
4. Review before the site goes live
Review the visible preview and recovery-gap report, test navigation, remove unwanted third-party scripts, replace forms or dynamic functions, then upload the package and configure the domain. Do not treat an archive capture as a security-reviewed application backup.
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Wayback Tools is an independent website restoration product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Internet Archive or Archive.org.
Start with an archive restore check
Enter a domain, choose the snapshot path, and preview the restoration before download.