how to retrieve a deleted item to relist??
You can't.
Ugh - unless it sold in the past, maybe you could copy it?
it did--but how do I get it to listings??
Look in your orders page or go to your shop front and view your sold listings there. I don't delete sold listings so I'm not sure if you can retrieve it.
You can't. I've seen shops that highlighted all their listings and meant to deactivate them and instead accidentally hit delete. They had to start over from scratch.
When you do hit delete you get this pop-up that you have to confirm:
Keep in mind that deleted listings can’t be retrieved. If you’d like to keep a listing from being viewed publicly without deleting it permanently, please deactivate the listing instead. This will allow you to edit or reactivate it at any time.