Guide · checked 27 October 2026

Deleted a Framer project? What you can still recover

Framer's answer is short: a deleted project cannot be recovered, and its website is unpublished. Before you rebuild, make sure it is really deleted, then gather everything that still exists outside the project.

We run FrameVault, a Framer backup service, so we have a stake in this. Claims about Framer link to Framer's own help pages.

First, check it is really gone

  1. Open the Framer Dashboard and look in the Archive folder. Framer only lets you delete a project after it has been archived, and an archived project is not gone yet. If it is there, move it out of the Archive and stop.
  2. If you work in a team workspace, ask the other admins. Workspace admins can empty the whole Archive at once, so check who did what before assuming the worst.
  3. Write down the project's published URL and custom domain. Deleting a project unpublishes its site, but Framer says the custom domain is not detached automatically. You will need it for the new project.

Where the content may still be

  • Exports you already have

    CSV files from Framer's CMS Export plugin, a JSON export, or a backup service. CMS content is usually the hardest part to rebuild by hand, so look for these first. A CSV can go straight back in with Framer's CSV import.

  • Duplicates and remixes

    A duplicate made before a redesign, a remix link you sent a client, or a staging copy in another workspace. Any of these is a full editable project. Search your email and Slack for remix links.

  • The Wayback Machine

    If the site was public for a while, web.archive.org may have copies of some pages. That gives you text, images and the page structure to rebuild from, not an editable Framer project. Coverage is patchy, especially for new or small sites.

  • Framer support

    Framer's help center answers "Can I restore a deleted project?" with "No". It is still worth writing to support from the account that owned it, quickly and with the project name and URL, but plan as if the answer will be no.

Rebuilding in a new project

Create the new project, rebuild the CMS collections with the same field names, and import the CSV files before you rebuild the pages, so the CMS pages and lists have content to show. Then connect the custom domain; if Framer says it is still in use, contact Framer support. See copying a CMS collection to another project for what a CSV carries and what it drops.

So it doesn't happen twice

  • Keep at least one copy of the site and the CMS outside Framer. A copy inside the project goes when the project goes.
  • Before a client handover or a workspace clean-up, export the CMS and save a duplicate the agency keeps.
  • Agree who may archive and delete projects in a shared workspace. Deletion needs two steps, but both can be done by the same person in a minute.

What a FrameVault archive gives you here

FrameVault keeps its copies outside Framer, so the backups you already have stay in your FrameVault account for your plan's retention period after the project is deleted. Every plan keeps CMS backups you can download as JSON or CSV. Pro, Studio and Agency also save a whole-site archive: a ZIP of every published page with its images, fonts and CSS that opens in a browser, plus screenshots and the editable layout.

Today, one-click Restore puts a page or the whole site back into the same connected project. If the project itself is gone, connect the new project and write to support@useframevault.com; we will tell you exactly what your archive holds and what we can put back.

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