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Trash	How do I restore a deleted note in Notesnook?	Deleted notes and notebooks go to Trash. Restore them, delete them permanently, empty the trash, or change how long items are kept.	notesnook restore deleted note notesnook trash notesnook empty trash how long does notesnook keep deleted notes	faq	q a How do I restore a deleted note in Notesnook? Open Trash from the side menu, open the context menu on the note and choose Restore. It goes back where it was, with its content and notebook links intact. q a How long does Notesnook keep deleted notes? Seven days by default. You can change the clear trash interval to Daily, 7 days, 30 days or 365 days, and Pro and Believer plans can set it to Never so nothing is ever cleared automatically. q a What goes to the trash in Notesnook? Only notes and notebooks. Tags, colors, reminders and attachments are removed immediately when you delete them and do not pass through the trash. q a Does clearing the trash free up my storage? No. Your storage limit counts attachments only, and attachments never go to the trash — so notes and notebooks sitting in the trash cost you nothing against it.

How do I restore a deleted note in Notesnook?

Deleting a note or a notebook moves it to {{trash}} instead of erasing it. Open {{trash}} from the side menu, open the item's menu and press {{restore}} to put it back. Items left in the trash are cleared automatically after 7 days by default.

What goes to the trash

Only two things: notes and notebooks. Deleting a notebook also moves its sub-notebooks with it.

Tags, colors, reminders and attachments do not pass through the trash — deleting those removes them straight away. Notes that delete themselves on a date you set with note expiry land in the trash the same way manually deleted notes do.

Restore a note or notebook

:::tabs key:platform == Desktop/Web

1. Open {{trash}} from the side menu.
2. Right click the item to open its menu.
3. Press {{restore}}.

Restoring a notebook also restores every sub-notebook that went to the trash with it.

== Mobile

1. Open {{trash}} from the side menu.
2. Tap the button on the item.
3. Tap {{restore}}.

Tapping a trashed notebook opens a {{restore}} prompt directly, with {{restore}} and {{delete}} as the two choices.

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Restored notes keep their content, their tags and their place in notebooks — nothing is re-created from scratch.

Restoring a notebook re-checks your notebook limit

Free plans allow 50 notebooks and Essential allows 500; Pro and Believer are unlimited. On the desktop and web apps, restoring notebooks counts what you are about to restore against that limit, so a restore that would push you over is blocked until you free up notebooks or upgrade. See Plans & limits.

Delete a single item permanently

:::tabs key:platform == Desktop/Web

1. Open {{trash}} from the side menu.
2. Right click the item and press {{delete}}, or select it and press the {{delete}} key.
3. Confirm the prompt.

== Mobile

1. Open {{trash}} from the side menu.
2. Tap the button on the item.
3. Tap {{delete}} and confirm.

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Permanently deleting a note also removes its content and its whole version history.

Clear the trash

:::tabs key:platform == Desktop/Web

1. Open {{trash}} from the side menu.
2. Press the clear trash button on the list.
3. Read the prompt and press {{clear}}.

You should see {{trashCleared}}.

== Mobile

1. Open {{trash}} from the side menu.
2. Tap the floating button at the bottom right.
3. Read the prompt and press {{clear}}.

You should see {{trashCleared}}.

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::: danger This cannot be undone Clearing trash will permanently delete all the items in your trash. This action is IRREVERSIBLE. Notesnook has no server-side copy to restore from — the only other copy is one you made yourself with a backup.

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Change how long the trash keeps things

The {{clearTrashInterval}} setting automatically clears trash after a certain period of time. The options are {{daily}}, 7 days, 30 days, 365 days and {{never}}. The default is 7 days.

Cleanup measures from the start of the day an item was deleted, and runs against everything already in the trash, not only items deleted from now on.

:::tabs key:platform == Desktop/Web

1. Go to {{settings}} → {{behaviour}}.
2. Under {{trash}}, open the {{clearTrashInterval}} dropdown.
3. Pick an interval.

== Mobile

1. Go to {{settings}} → {{customization}} → {{behavior}}.
2. Open {{clearTrashInterval}}.
3. Pick an interval.

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Keep trash forever

{{never}} turns automatic cleanup off entirely, so deleted notes stay in the trash until you remove them yourself. It is available on Pro and Believer — on free and Essential plans, choosing it shows an upgrade prompt. See Plans & limits.

Does clearing the trash free up my storage?

No. Storage limits count attachments only, and attachments never go to the trash. Notes cost you nothing against your storage whether they are live or trashed, so emptying the trash does not change your storage figure.

Related pages

• Attachments and files — what actually counts against your storage
• Note version history — recovering an earlier draft instead of a deleted note
• Backup and restore — the only copy that survives a cleared trash
• Notebooks — how deleting a notebook affects its notes
• Plans & limits — notebook limits and the plans that unlock {{never}}