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Receiving "The shape was deleted" error within Comments & Tasks

  • January 7, 2026
  • 2 replies
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The Comments & Tasks section is giving me an error from each of the collaborators that have commented stating “The shape was deleted”, and the Add Comment icon is missing from the flow. I’m unable to determine where their comment was made within the flow chart. I tried reverting back to a previous version, but the problem still persists. How do I recover the comments? 

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Humas1985
Lucid Legend Level 10
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  • Lucid Legend Level 10
  • January 7, 2026

Hi ​@SMcdan01 

When you delete an object that has a comment, the comment becomes orphaned in the current version. To get both the object and its comment back together, you must restore (or create a new document from) a revision from before the deletion occurred. Restoring a version taken after the shape was deleted will not recover the comment.

To learn more - Recovering comments | Community

Hope this helps - Happy to help further!!
Thank you very much and have a great one!
Warm regards


Becca G
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  • Lucid support team
  • January 8, 2026

Hi ​@SMcdan01! I’ve received your private support ticket. To keep everything organized, I’ll continue assisting you there. Please keep an eye on your inbox for further updates. Thank you!