Recycle bin

The Recycle bin is a Sitefinity CMS module that stores deleted objects and allows the user to restore previously deleted data items. You can delete items permanently either manually or using an automatic schedule.

The Recycle bin has the following advantages:

• Users are able to revert an unintended deletion of items.
• Web administrators are able to archive or recycle pages that are currently not in use but may be needed in the future.
• Developers and designers are able to archive deprecated sections of the site without deleting them.

When the Recycle bin module is active and an item of the supported types is deleted through the user interface, the item is automatically moved to the recycle bin until you either restore or permanently delete the item from there.

To enable and activate the Recycle bin module, perform the following:

1. In the backend, navigate to Administration » Modules & Services.
2. If the Recycle bin module is not installed, click the Actions link and then click Install.
   For more information, see Activate and deactivate modules.
3. In the backend, navigate to Administration » Settings » Recycle bin.
4. To enable or disable the recycle bin, select or deselect Enable Recycle Bin or Disable Recycle Bin radio button, respectively.
   

   NOTE: Disabling the Recycle bin from the settings page does not disable the module. You can still open the Recycle bin and restore deleted items, but newly deleted items are no longer sent to the recycle bin, instead they are permanently deleted.

5. To schedule an interval for deletion of the items in the Recycle bin, in the Keep items in the Recycle Bin no longer than... input field, enter the number of days.
6. Save your changes.

To open the Recycle bin, in Sitefinity's backend navigate the Dashboard and in the upper-right corner, click Recycle Bin. You can also access the Recycle Bin on each content module page. The link is located in the right pane.

The grid of the Recycle bin page lists items that are not permanently deleted. Administrators can see deleted items from all users, the other users see only items deleted by them.

When you delete items from the Recycle bin, the items are permanently deleted. You can do this in one of the following ways:

• Select one or more items and click Delete Selected button in the toolbar.
• Click the Actions link of the respective item.
   From the dropdown menu, select Delete forever.
• To delete all items from the Recycle bin, click Empty Recycle bin button in the toolbar.

With the Recycle bin, you can restore items, which are deleted by mistake. You can do this in one of the following ways:

• Select one or more items and click Restore Selected button in the toolbar.
• Click the Actions link of the respective item.
   From the dropdown menu, select Restore.

The Recycle bin has a few options for sorting and filtering the listed items:

• To display only items of a specific type, under Filter items in Recycle bin,
  click one of the filters.
• To sort the displayed items, in the Sort by dropdown in the toolbar, select one of the sort options.
• To search by an item's title, click the Search... button in the toolbar and enter the item title to search for.

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

Dynamic content types (hierarchical)

Libraries

Blogs

Multilingual (similar to the supported recyclable types)

Restore a single item

Restore multiple selected items

Delete multiple selected items from the Recycle bin

Empty the Recycle bin