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# Enable soft delete
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Azure Storage now offers soft delete for file shares so that you can more easily recover your data when it is mistakenly deleted by an application or other storage account user. To learn more about soft delete, refer to[How to prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares](storage-files-recover-file-shares.md).
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Azure Storage offers soft delete for file shares so that you can more easily recover your data when it is mistakenly deleted by an application or other storage account user. To learn more about soft delete, see[How to prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares](storage-files-recover-file-shares.md).
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The following steps show how to enable soft delete for Azure file shares on an existing storage account:
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The following sections show how to enable and use soft delete for Azure file shares on an existing storage account:
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# [Portal](#tab/azure-portal)
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1. Navigate to your storage account and select **File shares**.
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1. On the file share blade, enable **Show deleted shares** to display any shares that have been soft deleted.
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This will display any shares which are currently in a **Deleted**status.
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This will display any shares currently in a **Deleted**state.
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:::image type="content" source="media/storage-how-to-recover-deleted-account/undelete-file-share.png" alt-text="If the status column, the column next to the name column, is set to deleted, then your file share is in a soft deleted state. And will be permanently deleted after your specified retention period.":::
To see the size of a soft-deleted file share, you must undelete the share, then view its properties.
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> [!NOTE]
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> For soft-deleted premium file shares, the file share quota (the provisioned size of a file share) is used in the total storage account quota calculation until the soft-deleted share expiry date, when the share is fully deleted.
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To see the size of a soft-deleted file share, you must undelete the share, then view its properties.
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## How soft delete works
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When enabled, soft delete enables you to save and recover your file shares when they are deleted.
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When enabled, soft delete enables you to save and recover your file shares when they are deleted. When data is deleted, it transitions to a soft deleted state instead of being permanently erased. You can configure the amount of time soft deleted data is recoverable before it is permanently expired.
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When data is deleted, it transitions to a soft deleted state instead of being permanently erased. You can configure the amount of time soft deleted data is recoverable before it is permanently expired.
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You can enable soft delete on your existing file shares. Soft delete is backwards compatible, so you don't have to make any changes to your applications to take advantage of the protections this feature affords.
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Soft delete is backwards compatible, so you don't have to make any changes to your applications to take advantage of the protections this feature affords.
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You can enable soft delete on your existing file shares.
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For soft-deleted premium file shares, the file share quota (the provisioned size of a file share) is used in the total storage account quota calculation until the soft-deleted share expiry date, when the share is fully deleted.
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## Configuration settings
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## Pricing and billing
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Both standard and premium file shares are billed on the used capacity when soft deleted, rather than provisioned capacity. Additionally, premium file shares are billed at the snapshot rate while in the soft delete state. Standard file shares are billed at the regular rate while in the soft delete state. You will not be charged for data that is permanently deleted after the configured retention period.
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Both standard and premium file shares are billed on the used capacity when soft deleted, rather than provisioned capacity. Additionally, premium file shares are billed at the snapshot rate while in the soft delete state. Standard file shares are billed at the regular rate while in the soft delete state. You will not be charged for data that is permanently deleted after the configured retention period.
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For more details on prices for Azure File Storage in general, check out the [Azure File Storage Pricing Page](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/storage/files/).
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