diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 4439c212997..c635282bf6b 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -1849,9 +1849,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "5"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "6"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
     "public/app/features/dashboard/components/AddLibraryPanelWidget/index.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not re-export imported variable (\`./AddLibraryPanelWidget\`)", "0"]
     ],
diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/guards.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/guards.ts
index e08bc76fc5d..a43a0734dd5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/guards.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/guards.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,47 @@
-import { Resource, ResourceList, GeneratedResource, GeneratedResourceList } from './types';
+import { Resource, ResourceList } from './types';
 
 /**
- * Type guard to check if a GeneratedResource has all required fields to be a Resource
+ * Helper function to safely check if a value is a non-null object
  */
-export function isResource<T = object, S = object, K = string>(
-  generated: GeneratedResource<T, S, K>
-): generated is Resource<T, S, K> {
+function isObject(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return value !== null && typeof value === 'object';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Type guard to check if an unknown value has all required fields to be a Resource
+ */
+export function isResource<T = object, S = object, K = string>(value: unknown): value is Resource<T, S, K> {
+  if (!isObject(value)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const metadata = value.metadata;
+  if (!isObject(metadata)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   return (
-    !!generated.apiVersion &&
-    !!generated.kind &&
-    !!generated.metadata?.name &&
-    !!generated.metadata?.resourceVersion &&
-    !!generated.metadata?.creationTimestamp &&
-    !!generated.spec
+    typeof value.apiVersion === 'string' &&
+    typeof value.kind === 'string' &&
+    typeof metadata.name === 'string' &&
+    typeof metadata.resourceVersion === 'string' &&
+    typeof metadata.creationTimestamp === 'string' &&
+    isObject(value.spec)
   );
 }
 
 /**
- * Type guard to check if a GeneratedResourceList has all required fields to be a ResourceList
+ * Type guard to check if an unknown value has all required fields to be a ResourceList
  */
-export function isResourceList<T = object, S = object, K = string>(
-  generatedList: GeneratedResourceList<T, S, K>
-): generatedList is ResourceList<T, S, K> {
-  return !!generatedList.metadata?.resourceVersion && Array.isArray(generatedList.items);
+export function isResourceList<T = object, S = object, K = string>(value: unknown): value is ResourceList<T, S, K> {
+  if (!isObject(value)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const metadata = value.metadata;
+  if (!isObject(metadata)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return typeof metadata.resourceVersion === 'string' && Array.isArray(value.items);
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.test.ts
index 36dddf6000d..6dc00b3190f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/index';
+import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
 import {
   Spec as DashboardV2Spec,
   defaultSpec as defaultDashboardV2Spec,
 } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.spec.gen';
-import { DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
+import { ResourceList } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import { DashboardDataDTO, DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
 
@@ -160,4 +161,162 @@ describe('UnifiedDashboardAPI', () => {
       expect(v2Client.deleteDashboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('listDeletedDashboards', () => {
+    it('should try v1 first and return result if successful', async () => {
+      const mockV1Response = {
+        items: [
+          { spec: { title: 'deleted-dash-1' }, metadata: { name: 'dash-1' } },
+          { spec: { title: 'deleted-dash-2' }, metadata: { name: 'dash-2' } },
+        ],
+      };
+      v1Client.listDeletedDashboards.mockResolvedValue(mockV1Response as ResourceList<DashboardDataDTO>);
+
+      const result = await api.listDeletedDashboards({ limit: 10 });
+
+      expect(result).toBe(mockV1Response);
+      expect(v1Client.listDeletedDashboards).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ limit: 10 });
+      expect(v2Client.listDeletedDashboards).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should combine responses when v1 returns mixed v1/v2 dashboards', async () => {
+      const mockV1Response = {
+        apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v1beta1',
+        kind: 'DashboardList',
+        metadata: { resourceVersion: '123' },
+        items: [
+          {
+            metadata: { name: 'v2-dash', resourceVersion: '123', creationTimestamp: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z' },
+            spec: null,
+            status: { conversion: { failed: true, storedVersion: 'v2alpha1', error: 'conversion failed' } },
+          },
+          {
+            kind: 'Dashboard',
+            apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v1beta1',
+            metadata: { name: 'v1-dash', resourceVersion: '123', creationTimestamp: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z' },
+            spec: { title: 'v1', schemaVersion: 30 },
+            status: {},
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+      const mockV2Response = {
+        apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v2alpha1',
+        kind: 'DashboardList',
+        metadata: { resourceVersion: '456' },
+        items: [
+          {
+            kind: 'Dashboard',
+            apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v2alpha1',
+            metadata: { name: 'v2-dash', resourceVersion: '456', creationTimestamp: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z' },
+            spec: { title: 'v2', elements: {} },
+            status: {},
+          },
+          {
+            metadata: { name: 'v1-dash', resourceVersion: '456', creationTimestamp: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z' },
+            spec: { title: 'v1', elements: null },
+            status: { conversion: { failed: true, storedVersion: 'v1beta1', error: 'conversion failed' } },
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      v1Client.listDeletedDashboards.mockResolvedValue(mockV1Response as ResourceList<DashboardDataDTO>);
+      v2Client.listDeletedDashboards.mockResolvedValue(mockV2Response as ResourceList<DashboardV2Spec>);
+
+      const result = await api.listDeletedDashboards({ limit: 10 });
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        ...mockV2Response,
+        items: [
+          mockV1Response.items[1], // v1 dashboard
+          mockV2Response.items[0], // v2 dashboard
+        ],
+      });
+      expect(v1Client.listDeletedDashboards).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ limit: 10 });
+      expect(v2Client.listDeletedDashboards).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ limit: 10 });
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error if v1 throws DashboardVersionError', async () => {
+      const mockError = new DashboardVersionError('unsupported version');
+      v1Client.listDeletedDashboards.mockRejectedValue(mockError);
+
+      await expect(api.listDeletedDashboards({ limit: 10 })).rejects.toThrow(mockError);
+      expect(v2Client.listDeletedDashboards).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw non-DashboardVersionError from v1', async () => {
+      const mockError = new Error('Network error');
+      v1Client.listDeletedDashboards.mockRejectedValue(mockError);
+
+      await expect(api.listDeletedDashboards({ limit: 10 })).rejects.toThrow('Network error');
+      expect(v2Client.listDeletedDashboards).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('restoreDashboard', () => {
+    it('should use v1 client for v1 dashboard resource', async () => {
+      const mockV1Dashboard = {
+        apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v1beta1',
+        kind: 'Dashboard',
+        metadata: {
+          name: 'dash-1',
+          resourceVersion: '123',
+          creationTimestamp: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+        },
+        spec: { title: 'V1 Dashboard', panels: [], schemaVersion: 30, uid: '123' },
+      };
+
+      await api.restoreDashboard(mockV1Dashboard);
+
+      expect(v1Client.restoreDashboard).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockV1Dashboard);
+      expect(v2Client.restoreDashboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should use v2 client for v2 dashboard resource', async () => {
+      const mockV2Dashboard = {
+        apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v2alpha1',
+        kind: 'Dashboard',
+        metadata: {
+          name: 'dash-1',
+          resourceVersion: '123',
+          creationTimestamp: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+        },
+        spec: {
+          ...defaultDashboardV2Spec(),
+          title: 'V2 Dashboard',
+        },
+      };
+
+      await api.restoreDashboard(mockV2Dashboard);
+
+      expect(v2Client.restoreDashboard).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockV2Dashboard);
+      expect(v1Client.restoreDashboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error for invalid dashboard resource', async () => {
+      const invalidDashboard = {
+        apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v1beta1',
+        kind: 'Dashboard',
+        metadata: { name: 'dash-1' },
+        spec: { invalid: 'data' },
+      };
+
+      // @ts-expect-error - Invalid dashboard for testing
+      await expect(api.restoreDashboard(invalidDashboard)).rejects.toThrow(
+        'Invalid dashboard resource for restore operation'
+      );
+      expect(v1Client.restoreDashboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(v2Client.restoreDashboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error for dashboard resource without metadata', async () => {
+      const invalidDashboard = {
+        spec: { title: 'Dashboard' },
+      };
+
+      // @ts-expect-error - Invalid dashboard for testing
+      await expect(api.restoreDashboard(invalidDashboard)).rejects.toThrow(
+        'Invalid dashboard resource for restore operation'
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts
index 4b1af126dbc..344f3ba9cd2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/index';
+import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { Spec as DashboardV2Spec } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.spec.gen';
-import { DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
+import { isResource } from 'app/features/apiserver/guards';
+import { Resource, ResourceList } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import { DashboardDataDTO, DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
 
-import { DashboardAPI, DashboardVersionError, DashboardWithAccessInfo } from './types';
-import { isV1DashboardCommand, isV2DashboardCommand } from './utils';
+import { DashboardAPI, DashboardVersionError, DashboardWithAccessInfo, ListDeletedDashboardsOptions } from './types';
+import { isDashboardV2Spec, isV1DashboardCommand, isV2DashboardCommand, failedFromVersion } from './utils';
 import { K8sDashboardAPI } from './v1';
 import { K8sDashboardV2API } from './v2';
 
@@ -47,4 +49,44 @@ export class UnifiedDashboardAPI
   async deleteDashboard(uid: string, showSuccessAlert: boolean) {
     return await this.v1Client.deleteDashboard(uid, showSuccessAlert);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * List deleted dashboards handling mixed v1/v2 versions or pure v2 dashboards.
+   *
+   * Steps:
+   * 1. Call v1 client to get all deleted dashboards
+   * 2. Check if any items have failed conversion from v2 versions
+   * 3. If v2 dashboards are detected, call v2 client
+   * 4. Filter and combine v1 and v2 dashboards into one response
+   */
+  async listDeletedDashboards(
+    options: ListDeletedDashboardsOptions
+  ): Promise<ResourceList<Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec>> {
+    const v1Response = await this.v1Client.listDeletedDashboards(options);
+    const filteredV1Items = v1Response.items.filter((item) => !failedFromVersion(item, 'v2'));
+
+    if (filteredV1Items.length === v1Response.items.length) {
+      return v1Response;
+    }
+
+    const v2Response = await this.v2Client.listDeletedDashboards(options);
+    const filteredV2Items = v2Response.items.filter((item) => !failedFromVersion(item, 'v1'));
+
+    return {
+      ...v2Response,
+      items: [...filteredV1Items, ...filteredV2Items],
+    };
+  }
+
+  async restoreDashboard(dashboard: Resource<DashboardDataDTO | DashboardV2Spec>) {
+    // Await returned promise to support proper error handling with try/catch
+    if (isDashboardV2Spec(dashboard.spec) && isResource<DashboardV2Spec>(dashboard)) {
+      return await this.v2Client.restoreDashboard(dashboard);
+    }
+
+    if (isResource<DashboardDataDTO>(dashboard)) {
+      return await this.v1Client.restoreDashboard(dashboard);
+    }
+    throw new Error('Invalid dashboard resource for restore operation');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/legacy.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/legacy.ts
index 5aaac00e4b6..8833958ec5f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/legacy.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/legacy.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { FetchError, getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
+import { Resource, ResourceList } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { dashboardWatcher } from 'app/features/live/dashboard/dashboardWatcher';
 import { DeleteDashboardResponse } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/types';
 import { SaveDashboardResponseDTO, DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
 
-import { DashboardAPI } from './types';
+import { DashboardAPI, ListDeletedDashboardsOptions } from './types';
 
 export class LegacyDashboardAPI implements DashboardAPI<DashboardDTO, Dashboard> {
   constructor() {}
@@ -48,4 +49,23 @@ export class LegacyDashboardAPI implements DashboardAPI<DashboardDTO, Dashboard>
 
     return result;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * No-op for legacy API
+   */
+  listDeletedDashboards(options: ListDeletedDashboardsOptions): Promise<ResourceList<Dashboard>> {
+    return Promise.resolve({
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'List',
+      metadata: { resourceVersion: '0' },
+      items: [],
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * No-op for legacy API
+   */
+  restoreDashboard(dashboard: Resource<Dashboard>): Promise<Resource<Dashboard>> {
+    return Promise.reject(new Error('Restore functionality not supported in legacy API'));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts
index e9c66c24cfc..568fcfcf4a5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/types.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Status } from '@grafana/schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.status.gen';
-import { Resource } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import { ListOptions, Resource, ResourceList } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { DeleteDashboardResponse } from 'app/features/manage-dashboards/types';
 import { AnnotationsPermissions, SaveDashboardResponseDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
 
+export type ListDeletedDashboardsOptions = Omit<ListOptions, 'labelSelector'>;
+
 export interface DashboardAPI<G, T> {
   /** Get a dashboard with the access control metadata */
   getDashboardDTO(uid: string, params?: UrlQueryMap): Promise<G>;
@@ -13,6 +15,10 @@ export interface DashboardAPI<G, T> {
   saveDashboard(options: SaveDashboardCommand<T>): Promise<SaveDashboardResponseDTO>;
   /** Delete a dashboard */
   deleteDashboard(uid: string, showSuccessAlert: boolean): Promise<DeleteDashboardResponse>;
+  /** List all deleted dashboards */
+  listDeletedDashboards(options: ListDeletedDashboardsOptions): Promise<ResourceList<T>>;
+  /**  Restore a deleted dashboard by re-creating it */
+  restoreDashboard(dashboard: Resource<T>): Promise<Resource<T>>;
 }
 
 // Implemented using /api/dashboards/*
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/utils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/utils.ts
index 9c0da73697a..f49fcb9de12 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/index.gen';
 import { Spec as DashboardV2Spec } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.spec.gen';
+import { Status } from '@grafana/schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.status.gen';
+import { Resource } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardDataDTO, DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
@@ -77,3 +79,28 @@ export function isV2DashboardCommand(
 ): cmd is SaveDashboardCommand<DashboardV2Spec> {
   return isDashboardV2Spec(cmd.dashboard);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to extract the stored version from a dashboard resource if conversion failed
+ * @param item - Dashboard resource item
+ * @returns The stored version string if conversion failed, undefined otherwise
+ */
+export function getFailedVersion(
+  item: Resource<Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec | DashboardDataDTO, Status>
+): string | undefined {
+  return item.status?.conversion?.failed ? item.status.conversion.storedVersion : undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to check if a dashboard resource has a failed conversion from a specific version family
+ * @param item - Dashboard resource item
+ * @param versionPrefix - Version prefix to check (e.g., 'v1', 'v2')
+ * @returns True if conversion failed and stored version starts with the specified prefix
+ */
+export function failedFromVersion(
+  item: Resource<Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec | DashboardDataDTO, Status>,
+  versionPrefix: string
+): boolean {
+  const storedVersion = getFailedVersion(item);
+  return !!storedVersion && storedVersion.startsWith(versionPrefix);
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.test.ts
index 9490e490168..a037136eeb9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.test.ts
@@ -90,13 +90,15 @@ const saveDashboardResponse = {
 };
 
 const mockGet = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockDashboardDto);
+const mockPost = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(saveDashboardResponse);
+const mockPut = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(saveDashboardResponse);
 
 jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
   getBackendSrv: () => ({
     get: mockGet,
-    put: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(saveDashboardResponse),
-    post: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(saveDashboardResponse),
+    put: mockPut,
+    post: mockPost,
   }),
   config: {
     ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime').config,
@@ -111,6 +113,10 @@ jest.mock('app/features/live/dashboard/dashboardWatcher', () => ({
 }));
 
 describe('v1 dashboard API', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
   it('should provide folder annotations', async () => {
     mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce({
       ...mockDashboardDto,
@@ -311,4 +317,72 @@ describe('v1 dashboard API', () => {
       await expect(api.getDashboardDTO('test')).resolves.toBeDefined();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('listDeletedDashboards', () => {
+    it('should return list of deleted dashboards', async () => {
+      const mockDeletedDashboards = {
+        items: [
+          {
+            ...mockDashboardDto,
+            metadata: { ...mockDashboardDto.metadata, name: 'deleted-dash-1' },
+          },
+          {
+            ...mockDashboardDto,
+            metadata: { ...mockDashboardDto.metadata, name: 'deleted-dash-2' },
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockDeletedDashboards);
+
+      const api = new K8sDashboardAPI();
+      const result = await api.listDeletedDashboards({ limit: 10 });
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(mockDeletedDashboards);
+      expect(result.items).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('restoreDashboard', () => {
+    it('should reset resource version and return created dashboard', async () => {
+      const dashboardToRestore = {
+        ...mockDashboardDto,
+        metadata: {
+          ...mockDashboardDto.metadata,
+          resourceVersion: '123456',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const api = new K8sDashboardAPI();
+      const result = await api.restoreDashboard(dashboardToRestore);
+
+      expect(dashboardToRestore.metadata.resourceVersion).toBe('');
+      expect(mockPost).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v1beta1/'),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          metadata: expect.objectContaining({
+            resourceVersion: '',
+          }),
+        }),
+        expect.anything()
+      );
+      expect(result).toEqual(saveDashboardResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle dashboard with empty resource version', async () => {
+      const dashboardToRestore = {
+        ...mockDashboardDto,
+        metadata: {
+          ...mockDashboardDto.metadata,
+          resourceVersion: '',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const api = new K8sDashboardAPI();
+      await api.restoreDashboard(dashboardToRestore);
+
+      expect(dashboardToRestore.metadata.resourceVersion).toBe('');
+      expect(mockPost).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
index b3434b4b551..58edcc56d70 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { Status } from '@grafana/schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.status.gen';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { getMessageFromError, getStatusFromError } from 'app/core/utils/errors';
 import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import { DashboardDataDTO, DashboardDTO, SaveDashboardResponseDTO } from 'app/ty
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
 
-import { DashboardAPI, DashboardVersionError, DashboardWithAccessInfo } from './types';
+import { DashboardAPI, DashboardVersionError, DashboardWithAccessInfo, ListDeletedDashboardsOptions } from './types';
 
 export const K8S_V1_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG = {
   group: 'dashboard.grafana.app',
@@ -33,20 +34,22 @@ export const K8S_V1_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG = {
 };
 
 export class K8sDashboardAPI implements DashboardAPI<DashboardDTO, Dashboard> {
-  private client: ResourceClient<DashboardDataDTO>;
+  private client: ResourceClient<DashboardDataDTO, Status>;
 
   constructor() {
     this.client = new ScopedResourceClient<DashboardDataDTO>(K8S_V1_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG);
   }
 
   saveDashboard(options: SaveDashboardCommand<Dashboard>): Promise<SaveDashboardResponseDTO> {
-    const dashboard = options.dashboard as DashboardDataDTO; // type for the uid property
+    const dashboard = options.dashboard;
     const obj: ResourceForCreate<DashboardDataDTO> = {
       metadata: {
         ...options?.k8s,
       },
       spec: {
         ...dashboard,
+        title: dashboard.title ?? '',
+        uid: dashboard.uid ?? '',
       },
     };
 
@@ -172,4 +175,14 @@ export class K8sDashboardAPI implements DashboardAPI<DashboardDTO, Dashboard> {
       throw e;
     }
   }
+
+  async listDeletedDashboards(options: ListDeletedDashboardsOptions) {
+    return await this.client.list({ ...options, labelSelector: 'grafana.app/get-trash=true' });
+  }
+
+  restoreDashboard(dashboard: Resource<DashboardDataDTO>) {
+    // reset the resource version to create a new resource
+    dashboard.metadata.resourceVersion = '';
+    return this.client.create(dashboard);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts
index 2ac3cb361fe..a3b540ae6b6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const mockDashboardDto: DashboardWithAccessInfo<DashboardV2Spec> = {
   access: {},
 };
 
-// Create mock get and put functions that we can spy on
+// Create mock get, put, and post functions that we can spy on
 const mockGet = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockDashboardDto);
 
 const mockPut = jest.fn().mockImplementation((url, data) => {
@@ -51,11 +51,28 @@ const mockPut = jest.fn().mockImplementation((url, data) => {
   };
 });
 
+const mockPost = jest.fn().mockImplementation((url, data) => {
+  return {
+    apiVersion: 'dashboard.grafana.app/v2alpha1',
+    kind: 'Dashboard',
+    metadata: {
+      name: data.metadata?.name || 'restored-dash',
+      generation: 1,
+      resourceVersion: '1',
+      creationTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      labels: data.metadata?.labels,
+      annotations: data.metadata?.annotations,
+    },
+    spec: data.spec,
+  };
+});
+
 jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
   getBackendSrv: () => ({
     get: mockGet,
     put: mockPut,
+    post: mockPost,
   }),
   config: {
     ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime').config,
@@ -323,4 +340,72 @@ describe('v2 dashboard API', () => {
       await expect(api.getDashboardDTO('test')).resolves.toBeDefined();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('listDeletedDashboards', () => {
+    it('should return list of deleted dashboards', async () => {
+      const mockDeletedDashboards = {
+        items: [
+          {
+            ...mockDashboardDto,
+            metadata: { ...mockDashboardDto.metadata, name: 'deleted-dash-1' },
+          },
+          {
+            ...mockDashboardDto,
+            metadata: { ...mockDashboardDto.metadata, name: 'deleted-dash-2' },
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockDeletedDashboards);
+
+      const api = new K8sDashboardV2API();
+      const result = await api.listDeletedDashboards({ limit: 10 });
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(mockDeletedDashboards);
+      expect(result.items).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('restoreDashboard', () => {
+    it('should reset resource version and return created dashboard', async () => {
+      const dashboardToRestore = {
+        ...mockDashboardDto,
+        metadata: {
+          ...mockDashboardDto.metadata,
+          resourceVersion: '123456',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const api = new K8sDashboardV2API();
+      const result = await api.restoreDashboard(dashboardToRestore);
+
+      expect(dashboardToRestore.metadata.resourceVersion).toBe('');
+      expect(mockPost).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v2alpha1/'),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          metadata: expect.objectContaining({
+            resourceVersion: '',
+          }),
+        }),
+        expect.anything()
+      );
+      expect(result.metadata.name).toBe('dash-uid');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle dashboard with empty resource version', async () => {
+      const dashboardToRestore = {
+        ...mockDashboardDto,
+        metadata: {
+          ...mockDashboardDto.metadata,
+          resourceVersion: '',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const api = new K8sDashboardV2API();
+      await api.restoreDashboard(dashboardToRestore);
+
+      expect(dashboardToRestore.metadata.resourceVersion).toBe('');
+      expect(mockPost).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
index bc0fcdb13cc..0a0830e4ffa 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { Spec as DashboardV2Spec } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.spec.gen';
+import { Status } from '@grafana/schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha1/types.status.gen';
 import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { getMessageFromError, getStatusFromError } from 'app/core/utils/errors';
 import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import { DashboardDTO, SaveDashboardResponseDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
 
-import { DashboardAPI, DashboardVersionError, DashboardWithAccessInfo } from './types';
+import { DashboardAPI, DashboardVersionError, DashboardWithAccessInfo, ListDeletedDashboardsOptions } from './types';
 import { isDashboardV2Spec } from './utils';
 
 export const K8S_V2_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG = {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export const K8S_V2_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG = {
 export class K8sDashboardV2API
   implements DashboardAPI<DashboardWithAccessInfo<DashboardV2Spec> | DashboardDTO, DashboardV2Spec>
 {
-  private client: ResourceClient<DashboardV2Spec>;
+  private client: ResourceClient<DashboardV2Spec, Status>;
 
   constructor() {
     this.client = new ScopedResourceClient<DashboardV2Spec>(K8S_V2_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG);
@@ -166,4 +167,14 @@ export class K8sDashboardV2API
       slug: '',
     };
   }
+
+  listDeletedDashboards(options: ListDeletedDashboardsOptions) {
+    return this.client.list({ ...options, labelSelector: 'grafana.app/get-trash=true' });
+  }
+
+  restoreDashboard(dashboard: Resource<DashboardV2Spec>) {
+    // reset the resource version to create a new resource
+    dashboard.metadata.resourceVersion = '';
+    return this.client.create(dashboard);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts b/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts
index 6acf9fe4a7f..40d1a8ee2b4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts
@@ -47,11 +47,15 @@ describe('validateUid', () => {
         getDashboardDTO: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(legacyDashboard),
         deleteDashboard: jest.fn(),
         saveDashboard: jest.fn(),
+        listDeletedDashboards: jest.fn(),
+        restoreDashboard: jest.fn(),
       },
       v2: {
         getDashboardDTO: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(v2Dashboard),
         deleteDashboard: jest.fn(),
         saveDashboard: jest.fn(),
+        listDeletedDashboards: jest.fn(),
+        restoreDashboard: jest.fn(),
       },
     });
   });