The Active Directory Recycle Bin is used to recover deleted Active Directory objects such as Users, Groups, OUs etc. The objects keep all their properties intact while in the AD Recycle Bin, which allows them to be restored at any point.

First import the Active Directory module:

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

Enumerate deleted objects:

Get-ADObject -filter 'isDeleted -eq $true -and name -ne "Deleted Objects"' -includeDeletedObjects

Get-ADObject -Identity 'f0cc344d-31e0-4866-bceb-a842791ca059' -Properties * -includeDeletedObjects

Restore a deleted object:

Restore-ADObject -Identity '562f229c-e03a-4005-a098-10046e9b8942'

One-liner code to enumerate and details all deleted objects:

Import-module ActiveDirectory; Get-ADObject -Filter 'isDeleted -eq $true -and name -ne "Deleted Objects"' -IncludeDeletedObjects | ForEach-Object { Get-ADObject -Identity $_.ObjectGUID -Properties * -IncludeDeletedObjects; Write-Output "`n----------------------------------------------------`n" }