diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityRestoreHandler.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityRestoreHandler.js
index b9308416e3..8b06cc9f25 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityRestoreHandler.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityRestoreHandler.js
@@ -3,20 +3,27 @@ const Path = require('path')
 const ProjectEntityHandler = require('./ProjectEntityHandler')
 const ProjectEntityUpdateHandler = require('./ProjectEntityUpdateHandler')
 
+// generate a new name based on the original, with an optional label.
+// e.g. origname-20210101-122345.tex          (default)
+//      origname-restored-20210101-122345.tex (label="restored")
+function generateRestoredName(docName, label) {
+  const formattedTimestamp = new Date()
+    .toISOString()
+    .replace('T', '-')
+    .replace(/[^0-9-]/g, '')
+  const extension = Path.extname(docName)
+  const basename =
+    Path.basename(docName, extension) + (label ? `-${label}` : '')
+  return `${basename}-${formattedTimestamp}${extension}`
+}
+
 async function restoreDeletedDoc(projectId, docId, docName, userId) {
   const deletedDoc = await ProjectEntityHandler.promises.getDoc(
     projectId,
     docId,
     { include_deleted: true }
   )
-
-  const formattedTimestamp = new Date()
-    .toISOString()
-    .replace('T', '-')
-    .replace(/[^0-9-]/g, '')
-  const extension = Path.extname(docName)
-  const basename = Path.basename(docName, extension)
-  const deletedDocName = `${basename}-${formattedTimestamp}${extension}`
+  const deletedDocName = generateRestoredName(docName)
   return await ProjectEntityUpdateHandler.promises.addDocWithRanges(
     projectId,
     null,
@@ -29,6 +36,7 @@ async function restoreDeletedDoc(projectId, docId, docName, userId) {
 
 module.exports = {
   restoreDeletedDoc: callbackify(restoreDeletedDoc),
+  generateRestoredName,
   promises: {
     restoreDeletedDoc,
   },
diff --git a/services/web/scripts/recover_docs_from_redis.js b/services/web/scripts/recover_docs_from_redis.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3777ba56bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/scripts/recover_docs_from_redis.js
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// recover docs from redis where there is no doc in mongo but the project exists
+
+const minimist = require('minimist')
+const { db, waitForDb, ObjectId } = require('../app/src/infrastructure/mongodb')
+const ProjectEntityUpdateHandler = require('../app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityUpdateHandler')
+const ProjectEntityRestoreHandler = require('../app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityRestoreHandler')
+const RedisWrapper = require('@overleaf/redis-wrapper')
+const Settings = require('@overleaf/settings')
+const logger = require('@overleaf/logger')
+const opts = parseArgs()
+const redis = RedisWrapper.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
+
+function parseArgs() {
+  const args = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
+    boolean: ['commit'],
+  })
+  const commit = args.commit
+  return { commit, maxDocSize: 2 * 1024 * 1024 }
+}
+
+function extractObjectId(s) {
+  const m = s.match(/:\{?([0-9a-f]{24})\}?/)
+  return m[1]
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  await waitForDb()
+  logger.info({ opts }, 'removing deleted docs')
+  let cursor = 0
+  do {
+    const [newCursor, doclinesKeys] = await redis.scan(
+      cursor,
+      'MATCH',
+      'doclines:{*}',
+      'COUNT',
+      1000
+    )
+    const docIds = doclinesKeys.map(extractObjectId)
+    for (const docId of docIds) {
+      await processDoc(docId)
+    }
+    cursor = newCursor
+  } while (cursor !== '0')
+  if (!opts.commit) {
+    console.log('This was a dry run. Re-run with --commit to apply changes')
+  }
+}
+
+async function processDoc(docId) {
+  // check if the doc is in mongo.. if so ignore it
+  const docCount = await db.docs.find({ _id: ObjectId(docId) }).count()
+  if (docCount > 0) {
+    logger.debug({ docId }, 'doc is present in mongo - no recovery needed')
+    return
+  }
+  // get the doc from redis and check if it has a project id
+  const doc = await getDoc(docId)
+  const projectId = doc.projectId
+  if (!projectId) {
+    logger.warn(
+      { docId, doc },
+      'projectId not available in redis, cannot restore - skipping'
+    )
+    // we could delete the document in redis here since we have no way to recover it
+    return
+  }
+  // check that the project is in mongo, if not delete the doc
+  const project = await db.projects.findOne({ _id: ObjectId(projectId) })
+  if (!project) {
+    logger.warn(
+      { docId },
+      'project not present in mongo - could remove doc from redis'
+    )
+    return
+  }
+  // if the doc is too big we will need to convert it to a file, skip it for now
+  const size = doc.lines.reduce((sum, line) => sum + line.length + 1, 0)
+  if (size > opts.maxDocSize) {
+    logger.warn(
+      { docId, projectId, size },
+      'doc that exceeds max size, cannot restore'
+    )
+    return
+  }
+  // now we have a doc content from redis, in a project where the doc has been deleted
+  const restoredName = ProjectEntityRestoreHandler.generateRestoredName(
+    doc.name || 'unknown',
+    'recovered'
+  )
+  logger.info(
+    { docId, projectId, restoredName, commit: opts.commit },
+    'recovering doc from redis to mongo'
+  )
+
+  if (opts.commit) {
+    const folderId = project.rootFolder[0]._id
+    try {
+      await ProjectEntityUpdateHandler.promises.addDocWithRanges(
+        projectId,
+        folderId,
+        restoredName,
+        doc.lines,
+        doc.ranges,
+        null
+      )
+      await deleteDocFromRedis(projectId, docId)
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error(
+        { docId, projectId, restoreErr: err },
+        'error restoring doc from redis to mongo'
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function getDoc(docId) {
+  const [projectId, lines, ranges, pathname] = await redis.mget(
+    `ProjectId:{${docId}}`,
+    `doclines:{${docId}}`,
+    `Ranges:{${docId}}`,
+    `Pathname:{${docId}}`
+  )
+  const name = pathname?.split('/').pop()
+  return {
+    projectId,
+    id: docId,
+    lines: JSON.parse(lines),
+    ranges: ranges ? JSON.parse(ranges) : {},
+    name: name || 'unnamed',
+  }
+}
+
+async function deleteDocFromRedis(projectId, docId) {
+  await redis.del(
+    `Blocking:{${docId}}`,
+    `doclines:{${docId}}`,
+    `DocOps:{${docId}}`,
+    `DocVersion:{${docId}}`,
+    `DocHash:{${docId}}`,
+    `ProjectId:{${docId}}`,
+    `Ranges:{${docId}}`,
+    `UnflushedTime:{${docId}}`,
+    `Pathname:{${docId}}`,
+    `ProjectHistoryId:{${docId}}`,
+    `ProjectHistoryType:{${docId}}`,
+    `PendingUpdates:{${docId}}`,
+    `lastUpdatedAt:{${docId}}`,
+    `lastUpdatedBy:{${docId}}`
+  )
+  await redis.srem(`DocsIn:{${projectId}}`, projectId)
+}
+
+main()
+  .then(() => {
+    process.exit(0)
+  })
+  .catch(err => {
+    console.error(err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  })