Trash (restore deleted files)

What is this?

When you delete a file in the choir file area, it is not removed immediately. It moves to the trash, stays there for 7 days and can be restored with one click. Only after that period does an automatic cleanup permanently remove the file.

This protects you from instant loss after an accidental delete. The version history of the file is also kept during that window — restore brings the full history back.

How to use the trash

1. Open your choir and go to Management > Files.
2. Click Trash in the top right.
3. You see all files deleted in the last 7 days — with deletion date and scheduled purge date.
4. Click Restore next to the file you want back. It reappears in the regular file view immediately.

Permission

• View trash: files.view (for the relevant folder)
• Restore a file: files.edit

Tips

• Check the trash first before re-uploading a file you thought was gone — saves storage and sync traffic on bigger files.
• A moved file is not deleted. If someone moved a file into a folder you can't see, that's a permissions question, not a deletion.
• Permanent deletion happens automatically at night — if you need to know whether a file is truly gone, wait until after the cleanup or contact support.