Systems and methods to track deleted files

A system to track data deleted between data protection operations in an information management cell, the system comprising:

• computer hardware including one or more computer processors;
• and
• computer-readable storage comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the computer hardware to perform operations defined by the computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions configured to:
• automatically monitor data operations of a computing device;
• when the data operation comprises a data creation operation, automatically copy new data created by the data creation operation to temporary storage and save a first file path associated with the new data to the temporary storage;
• when the data operation comprises a deletion operation of the new data, automatically identify deletion data associated with the deletion operation;
• and
• when the deletion data is not backed up or has been modified since a last backup operation, automatically identify for back up the copy of the new data in the temporary storage associated with the deletion data.