Vmware Recover Deleted Vmdk File May 2026

Here’s the technical reality of recovering a deleted VMDK file from a VMFS datastore (ESXi 6.x/7.x/8.x).

Unlike Linux’s extundelete or Windows Recycle Bin, ESXi’s VMFS has no native undelete command. The second you delete a VMDK, the file handle is gone from the .vmx and the datastore browser. You can’t "restore from trash." vmware recover deleted vmdk file

Have you ever recovered a deleted VMDK? Or learned this lesson the hard way? Here’s the technical reality of recovering a deleted

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The VMDK is gone. Or is it?