# Restore an artifact from the trash

> Bring an artifact back from the trash, with what went to the trash with it, where it was (at the top of its space or your Private when the doc it was under is gone).

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="post">POST</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/artifacts/{artifact_id}/restore</code></div>

Takes the edit role. Returns the artifact.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`artifact`](/reference/mcp/#artifact) with `action` `restore`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`artifacts:write`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's slug, e.g. "acme". |
| `artifact_id` | string | Yes | The artifact's id (fol_…), or its address: /acme/-/artifacts/q4-roadmap-fol_… |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/acme/artifacts/fol_01kq8d5f7h9k1n3q5s7u9w1y3a/restore \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "id": "fol_01kq8d5f7h9k1n3q5s7u9w1y3a",
  "kind": "doc",
  "title": "Release notes",
  "icon": null,
  "slug": "release-notes-fol_01kq8d5f7h9k1n3q5s7u9w1y3a",
  "space": null,
  "parent_id": null,
  "has_children": false,
  "owner": {
    "type": "user",
    "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09q",
    "username": "ana",
    "display_name": "Ana Lima"
  },
  "created_by": {
    "type": "user",
    "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09q",
    "username": "ana",
    "display_name": "Ana Lima"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-10-09T10:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-09T10:00:00.000Z",
  "edited_by": null,
  "edited_at": "2026-10-09T10:00:00.000Z",
  "trashed_at": null,
  "viewer_role": "manage",
  "private": true,
  "shared_count": 0,
  "general_access": "none",
  "general_role": null,
  "inherit": true,
  "agent_mode": null,
  "excerpt": "What changed in 2.4.",
  "source": null,
  "stale": false,
  "html_url": "https://g1t.sh/acme/-/artifacts/release-notes-fol_01kq8d5f7h9k1n3q5s7u9w1y3a"
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |