Delete and restore items ↩️

Delete and restore items ↩️#

You need the plone.recyclebin: Access recycle bin permission to view and manage recycled content. Managers have this permission by default.

Move an item to the recycle bin 🗑️#

Navigate to the content item in Classic UI or Volto.
Use Plone's normal Delete action and confirm the deletion.
Open Recycle bin from the user menu, or visit /@@recyclebin at the Plone site root.
Confirm that the item appears with its original path and deletion date.

Deleting a folder creates one recycle-bin entry for the complete folder tree. Moves and renames are not captured as deletions.

Find recycled items 🔎#

Use the search field to match a title or original path. Open Advanced filters to filter by content type, deletion date, deleting user, language, workflow state, or whether the entry contains descendants. You can also change the sort order and number of entries shown per page.

Title, path, and content-type searches include descendants. For example, a search for a page inside a deleted folder surfaces the folder's top-level entry.

Restore items to their original location 🏠#

Select one or more entries in the recycle-bin listing.
Select Restore selected.
Confirm that each item is available at its original path.

A restore fails safely when the original parent no longer exists or when an item with the same ID already exists at the destination. Restore to another container in that case.

Restore an item to another container 📁#

Select the item's title to open its details.
In Target path, enter a path relative to the Plone site root, such as news/archive. Leave it empty to use the original parent.
Select Restore.

The restored item keeps its original ID. The destination must be an existing container and must not already contain that ID.

Restore one descendant 🌿#

Open the details of a recycled folder.
Find the descendant in Contained items.
Enter an existing portal-relative destination in that descendant's target path field.
Select the descendant's restore action.

A destination is required for descendant restore. After a successful restore, the descendant disappears from the stored folder tree; the remaining entry can still be restored or purged.

Permanently delete entries ⚠️#

To purge selected entries, select them and choose Delete selected.
To purge one entry, open its details and choose Permanently delete.
To purge every entry, choose Empty recycle bin.

Review the confirmation prompt carefully. Purging cannot be undone through the add-on and removes the content from the restore interface immediately.