Recycle Bin Checklist

Use this checklist for routine Recycle Bin work — recovering deleted records and clearing the bin. The Recycle Bin lives at Setup > Manage > Recycle Bin.

Restoring a Record

☐ Locate the record in the Recycle Bin Open Setup > Manage > Recycle Bin. The list shows Entity, Record Name, Modified By, and Last Modified Date (sorted most recent first).

☐ Click Restore on the matching row. The record is restored and removed from the Recycle Bin.

☐ Verify the record is back where expected. Open the related entity list view and confirm the record appears.

Restoring Many Records at Once

☐ Click Restore All Available in the toolbar. Restores everything in the Recycle Bin in dependency order — parents first, then children whose parent is no longer in the bin.

☐ Confirm the action when prompted. Restore All is a non-destructive action, but the platform asks you to confirm to prevent accidental clicks.

☐ Check the bin after the operation. Records whose parent could not be resolved may remain in the bin (the platform stops when a pass restores nothing). Address those individually if needed.

Freeing a Unique Name

☐ Check the Recycle Bin for a record with the conflicting name. Deleted records hold their unique names until they are permanently removed from the bin.

☐ Click Del on the row to permanently delete it. The platform performs a permanent delete that bypasses standard validation. The name is then free for a new record.

Emptying the Recycle Bin

☐ Click Empty Available in the toolbar. The platform runs the empty operation in the background and shows an in-progress message.

☐ Refresh the page to check progress. While the background job runs, returning to the page displays the in-progress message. When the message clears, the operation has finished its run.

☐ Review what remains. If any items couldn't be permanently deleted (for example, a foreign-key constraint blocks removal), they remain in the bin. The platform logs each failure via the system event log.

Routine Maintenance

☐ Trust the scheduled cleanup for everyday retention. Items older than 30 days are removed automatically by the platform's CronJob pipeline. Manual Empty is for cases where you need the bin cleared sooner.

☐ Review periodically. A quick walk through the bin once a month catches accidental deletions before they age out of the 30-day window.

If You Run Into Issues

☐ Recycle Bin Troubleshooting Symptom-by-symptom resolutions for restore failures, stuck Empty operations, foreign-key constraint blockers, and unique-name conflicts.

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