# Undo soft-delete in database to bring back deleted artifact (blob still exists)

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**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [March 4, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/undo-soft-delete-in-database-to-bring-back-deleted-artifact-blob-still-exists/16130 "2026-03-04T12:18:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/undo-soft-delete-in-database-to-bring-back-deleted-artifact-blob-still-exists/16130/2 "2026-03-05T14:31:16Z")

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We temporarily disabled the repair task recently, it should be part of the 3.90 release.

However, if its a single asset and you know which blob it is in storage then it may be simpler to download & re-upload it rather than using the recovery tool to look through thousand(s) of assets.

If you haven’t, ensure that the Compact Blob Store task is disabled for the affected blob store to ensure it is not permanently deleted.

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