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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

  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.

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

  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.

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

Clear the trash

  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}}.

::: 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.

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

Keep trash forever <PlanTag plan="pro" />

{{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.

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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.