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How To Find Deleted Wattpad Novels Elsewhere?
So bummed a favorite dark fantasy disappeared. Is there any hope of tracking fan copies or author reuploads, maybe on AO3 or another archive, after removal?
2025-08-11 16:57:00
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Lorelie Porter
For an example, the author of ‘The Alpha's Betrayal: Reclaiming His Rejected Luna’ has re-posted his work on Webnovel and Radish, in addition to the couple of sites that it is currently posted on (not including Wattpad where it originally was posted). This particular work is a werewolf-romance, where the female lead is publicly rejected by the male lead, but as the story unfolds, it’s actually about her growth and becoming a stronger character in her own right. I’ve actually seen this book mentioned in a few different reader groups.
2026-08-02
Annabelle
If an author doesn’t have a personal website or Patreon where they post deleted works for their supporters, you might check the author’s forum on Wattpad for requests for backups of their work and links that kindly strangers have shared. There’s a Facebook group called ‘Wattpad Lost Stories’ where Dropbox and/or Mega.nz files for the work you’re looking for are often shared by members and other kind strangers.
If a Wattpad book was written as fanfiction for a series, then it might be found on websites such as FanFiction.net or Archive of Our Own (AO3). Some Wattpad stories were entered into contests on the site, and so their excerpts can sometimes still be found on the older pages from the contest judging. If a story was a collaboration then the other author may have a copy of the full manuscript. I messaged a beta reader for one story and she had a full copy of the manuscript on her computer. Respect the author's wishes though - if they deleted their work for a reason then don't nag them to upload it to another site. But if they just moved it to another platform then you might find it with a bit of searching.
If a Wattpad book was written as fanfiction for a series, then it might be found on websites such as FanFiction.net or Archive of Our Own (AO3). Some Wattpad stories were entered into contests on the site, and so their excerpts can sometimes still be found on the older pages from the contest judging. If a story was a collaboration then the other author may have a copy of the full manuscript. I messaged a beta reader for one story and she had a full copy of the manuscript on her computer. Respect the author's wishes though - if they deleted their work for a reason then don't nag them to upload it to another site. But if they just moved it to another platform then you might find it with a bit of searching.
2025-08-13
Hope
'Just be aware that pirating fanfiction is not okay and make sure you post in an official forum or on an approved sub like r/Wattpad (there are often threads for finding backup copies of deleted stories and people sharing links to saved work). The Wayback Machine (archive.org) can also archive a page if it has been cached before it was deleted from the live website. If a story was very popular, then often fans will have saved out parts of it and there may be discussion about where to find a story that was taken down for editing. Authors may also be willing to share a private link to a story that they have taken down for editing if you DM them and ask.
2025-08-15
Vanessa
Omg I feel like I’m slowly dying because I literally just lost my FAVE Wattpad novel and I was literally in the middle of reading it and I don’t know how to get it back. I have a few ways of recovering deleted stories though. First of all, lots of indie authors move to Scribble Hub or Royal Road so you could try checking those out. You could also search for the author on social media, and lots of times people will post links to fan made archives of deleted work on twitter or tumblr with relevant hashtags. I actually once found a deleted story by the author of one of my favorite stories by searching for it and finding a Google Doc that someone had made of the entire story and then posted in a Discord server for that book.
Reverse image search can be a good way to find deleted stories with unique covers. I have also come across fans saving whole novels to Google Drive and uploading them to Pinterest or commenting a link in a Goodreads group. If you only have quotes from the story and can’t seem to find it, search for them using quotes in a search engine. It’s rare but I have come across cases where a deleted story had been re-posted by someone. Sometimes authors will go on to traditionally publish their work and you can find their novels in local libraries (Anna Todd’s ‘After’ series is a good example). It can be a literary scavenger hunt but be patient and keep looking.
Reverse image search can be a good way to find deleted stories with unique covers. I have also come across fans saving whole novels to Google Drive and uploading them to Pinterest or commenting a link in a Goodreads group. If you only have quotes from the story and can’t seem to find it, search for them using quotes in a search engine. It’s rare but I have come across cases where a deleted story had been re-posted by someone. Sometimes authors will go on to traditionally publish their work and you can find their novels in local libraries (Anna Todd’s ‘After’ series is a good example). It can be a literary scavenger hunt but be patient and keep looking.
2025-08-17
Shanti
I lost a library book as a kid once and spent a few days looking around for it, then days more accepting that it was lost forever. I eventually came to terms with the book and the stories it held went into the same internal vault of lost stories that make up my reading history, such as the ghost chapters of certain topics of interest that I never found. In searching for the book online, I learned a lot about the Internet, about how content is archived, and ultimately about losing information online. Perhaps the main thing one learns from this kind of searching, however, is that all online information is eventually lost. The real lesson, therefore, is not to find the novel, but to understand that digital information has a limited life span.
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