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Reference: Content types supported by Recycle bin

Recycle content

Recycling of content (moving content to the Recycle bin upon deletion) is currently supported for the following content types:

Pages, News, Events, Blog posts, Dynamic content type items, Media items

Operation Supports recycling Description
Delete items Yes The item is moved to the recycle bin. You can restore the item from the recycle bin page or instantly using Undo operation, available in the notification panel that is displayed right after deletion confirmation.
Delete page personalization for segment X, which is different from Everyone No Personalization is completely removed. However, if a user deletes the personalization for Everyone, the page is actually moved to the Recycle bin.
Events » Delete calendar No All events in the calendar are completely removed.

 

Dynamic content types (hierarchical)

Operation Supports recycling Description
Delete parent content type Yes Parent together with all its children or inner hierarchy gets moved to the Recycle bin and are listed as a single entry.

Libraries

Operation Supports recycling Description
Delete library or sub-library No The whole inner hierarchy (child libraries and their media items) are completely removed.
NOTE: Media items that are in the Recycle bin and are children of these libraries are also completely removed.

 

Blogs

Operation Supports recycling Description
Delete a blog No Blogs is permanently deleted together with all their child blog posts.
Delete a blog post
 Yes

The blog post item is moved to the Recycle bin.

Multilingual (similar to the supported recyclable types)

Operation Supports recycling Description
Delete item » Delete all translations Yes The item is moved to the Recycle bin with all its translations (listed in the grid as a single entry).
Delete item » Delete one and only out of X translations Yes The item is moved to the Recycle bin with its one and only translation.
Delete item » Delete one out of X translations No No recycle bin item is created for this particular translation. The translation is completely removed.

Not supported

 The following areas do not support recycling:
Area Supports recycling Description
Content » Lists » List items No No changes in functionality.
Content » Forms No No changes in functionality.
Content » Content blocks No No changes in functionality.
Content » Forums No No changes in functionality.
Content » Comments No No changes in functionality.
Content » Classifications No No changes in functionality.
Ecommerce module » all related types No No changes in functionality.
Design section » all related types No No changes in functionality.
Administration section » all related types No No changes in functionality except for user files that are media content.
Administration section » Backend Pages No Although these are pages, recycling is not supported for backend pages.
Marketing section » all related types No No changes in functionality.
Sitefinity CMS Desktop Application » delete operations No No changes in functionality.

Restore content from the Recycle bin

Restore a single item

Operation Possible restoration conflicts Result
Restore a deleted multilingual or monolingual page

In case of URL duplication, restoration of the item is not allowed.

In case of a missing parent of the deleted page, restoration is possible and the page is restored to root level. This applies only to pages whose parent is in the Recycle bin or is permanently deleted.

The page is restored to its state prior the deletion.
Restore a deleted multilingual or monolingual static and dynamic content

In case of URL duplication, restoration of the item is not allowed.

In case the parent of the dynamic content item is in the Recycle bin as well, when you try to restore the child, a message is displayed saying you must restore the parent item before the child item.

The item is restored to its state prior the deletion.

Restoring the parent restores all its separately recycled child items as well.

Restore multiple selected items

Operation Possible restoration conflicts Result
Restore selected batch of multilingual or monolingual items. A message with the number of the items which were successfully restored and the number of items which failed to restore is displayed. The failed items remain selected in the Recycle bin.

The selected items are restored to their state prior the deletion.

If all items are successfully restored, no message is displayed.

Delete content from the Recycle bin

Delete multiple selected items from the Recycle bin

Operation Message Result
Delete selected batch of multilingual or monolingual items. An alert message notifying the user that the action is not reversible is displayed.

The selected items are permanently deleted.

Permanently deleting dynamic content parents deletes permanently all its separately recycled child items as well.

Empty the Recycle bin

Operation Message Result
Empty Recycle bin An alert message notifying the user that the action is not reversible is displayed. If the user is an administrator, all items in the Recycle bin are permanently deleted.
Otherwise, only items which are owned by the current user are permanently deleted.

Preview items in the Recycle bin
Operation Conflict Result
You preview an item by clicking the item's title in the Recycle bin. Previewing works only for static and dynamic content, as well as media items.
 If there is no page with a widget which allows the clicked item or media type to be displayed, a message alerts the user. A preview of the item is opened in a new browser tab or browser window.

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