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You can use a tool like adfind to search for a SID<br />
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<a href="http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm</a><br />
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adfind -default -f &quot;objectsid=YourSID&quot; samaccountname<br />
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Unless the user has been deleted for longer than the tombstone lifetime of your AD, it will be in there<br />
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<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/258310/viewing-deleted-objects-in-active-directory" rel="ugc nofollow">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/258310/viewing-deleted-objects-in-active-directory</a>
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You can use a tool like adfind to search for a SID

http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm [http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm]

adfind -default -f "objectsid=YourSID" samaccountname

Unless the user has been deleted for longer than the tombstone lifetime of your AD, it will be in there

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/258310/viewing-deleted-objects-in-active-directory [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/258310/viewing-deleted-objects-in-active-directory]

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Can't I just find it in the AD Recycle Bin if it's recently deleted?
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Can't I just find it in the AD Recycle Bin if it's recently deleted?

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I can find the user in the AD recycle bin, but it doesn't show me a SID.
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I can find the user in the AD recycle bin, but it doesn't show me a SID.

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