diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/LegacyTrashBackend.php b/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/LegacyTrashBackend.php
index 2117596eda802..b39f50b0323a1 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/LegacyTrashBackend.php
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/lib/Trash/LegacyTrashBackend.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use OCA\Files_Trashbin\Helper;
 use OCA\Files_Trashbin\Storage;
 use OCA\Files_Trashbin\Trashbin;
+use OCP\Federation\ICloudIdManager;
 use OCP\Files\FileInfo;
 use OCP\Files\Folder;
 use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ class LegacyTrashBackend implements ITrashBackend {
 	public function __construct(
 		private IRootFolder $rootFolder,
 		private IUserManager $userManager,
+		private ICloudIdManager $cloudIdManager,
 	) {
 	}
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ private function mapTrashItem(FileInfo $file, IUser $user, ?ITrashItem $parent =
 			$originalLocation = $file->getName();
 		}
 		/** @psalm-suppress UndefinedInterfaceMethod */
-		$deletedBy = $this->userManager->get($file['deletedBy']) ?? $parent?->getDeletedBy();
+		$deletedBy = $this->resolveDeletedBy($file['deletedBy']) ?? $parent?->getDeletedBy();
 		$trashFilename = Trashbin::getTrashFilename($file->getName(), $file->getMtime());
 		return new TrashItem(
 			$this,
@@ -119,4 +121,29 @@ public function getTrashNodeById(IUser $user, int $fileId) {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the user that deleted a trash item. Files deleted by a federated share
+	 * recipient only carry the recipient's remote cloud ID, which no local IUserManager
+	 * backend can resolve, so fall back to a display-only user for the cloud ID in that
+	 * case instead of leaving the item without an "Unknown" deleted by user.
+	 */
+	private function resolveDeletedBy(?string $uid): ?IUser {
+		if (!$uid) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		$user = $this->userManager->get($uid);
+		if ($user !== null) {
+			return $user;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			$cloudId = $this->cloudIdManager->resolveCloudId($uid);
+		} catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return $this->userManager->getFederatedUser($cloudId);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/User/Manager.php b/lib/private/User/Manager.php
index c24e4b8be7ba7..5560fd2cb5ffa 100644
--- a/lib/private/User/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/User/Manager.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use OCP\Config\IUserConfig;
 use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
+use OCP\Federation\ICloudId;
 use OCP\HintException;
 use OCP\ICache;
 use OCP\ICacheFactory;
@@ -851,4 +852,8 @@ public function getSeenUsers(int $offset = 0, ?int $limit = null): \Iterator {
 	public function getExistingUser(string $userId, ?string $displayName = null): IUser {
 		return new LazyUser($userId, $this, $displayName);
 	}
+
+	public function getFederatedUser(ICloudId $cloudId): IUser {
+		return new LazyUser($cloudId->getDisplayId(), $this, $cloudId->getDisplayId());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/IUserManager.php b/lib/public/IUserManager.php
index e1ffa34fe927d..71d11467c1cd4 100644
--- a/lib/public/IUserManager.php
+++ b/lib/public/IUserManager.php
@@ -267,4 +267,15 @@ public function getSeenUsers(int $offset = 0, ?int $limit = null): \Iterator;
 	 * @since 33.0.0
 	 */
 	public function getExistingUser(string $userId, ?string $displayName = null): IUser;
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a read-only user from a cloud ID for showing the display name of a remote
+	 * federation user (e.g. the "deleted by" user of a federated share) that has no
+	 * local account.
+	 *
+	 * @param \OCP\Federation\ICloudId $federatedUserId A cloud ID of the federated user
+	 * @return IUser
+	 * @since 35.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getFederatedUser(\OCP\Federation\ICloudId $cloudId): IUser;
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php b/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php
index 17007aa8a24ed..b1585dd3259f7 100644
--- a/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use OC\User\User;
 use OCP\Config\IUserConfig;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
+use OCP\Federation\ICloudId;
 use OCP\ICache;
 use OCP\ICacheFactory;
 use OCP\IConfig;
@@ -762,4 +763,19 @@ public function testGetExistingUser() {
 		$this->assertEquals('nobody', $user->getUID());
 		$this->assertEquals('None', $user->getDisplayName());
 	}
+
+	public function testGetFederatedUser(): void {
+		$userId = 'test@example.com';
+
+		$cloudId = $this->createMock(ICloudId::class);
+		$cloudId->expects($this->exactly(2))
+			->method('getDisplayId')
+			->willReturn($userId);
+
+		$manager = new Manager($this->config, $this->cacheFactory, $this->eventDispatcher, $this->logger);
+		$user = $manager->getFederatedUser($cloudId);
+
+		$this->assertEquals($userId, $user->getUID());
+		$this->assertEquals($userId, $user->getDisplayName());
+	}
 }