What is Procore's Recycle Bin?

Answer

In Procore, a Recycle Bin is a tool-specific location where certain items are moved after they are deleted. Items moved into a recycle bin cannot be permanently deleted or removed from Procore. However, in some Procore tools, you may have the ability to retrieve or restore items from the recycle bin. 

There is no limit on the amount of data that can be stored in a recycle bin. Once an item is sent to a recycle bin, only users with 'Admin' level permissions on the tool have permission to see the items in the recycle bin.

Which Procore tools include a recycle bin?

Company Level Tools with Recycle Bins

This table shows the Company level tools that include a recycle bin. It also shows which tools support restoring/retrieving items from the recycle bin.

Tool Name To move deleted items to the recycle bin To restore/retrieve items from the recycle bin
Documents Delete Files and Folders in the Company Level Documents Tool Retrieve Files and Folders from the Company Level Documents Tool's Recycle Bin
Equipment Delete a Company Level Equipment Entry Retrieve a Company Level Equipment Entry from the Recycle Bin
Inspections Delete a Company Level Inspection Template Retrieve a Company Level Inspection Template from the Recycle Bin

Project Level Tools with Recycle Bins

This table shows the Project level tools that include a recycle bin. It also shows which tools support restoring/retrieving items from the recycle bin.

Project Tool  To move deleted items to the recycle bin To retrieve items from the recycle bin
Action Plans Delete an Action Plan Retrieve an Action Plan from the Recycle Bin
Tendering Delete a Tender Package Retrieve a Tender Package from the Recycle Bin
Change Events Delete a Change Event Retrieve a Deleted Change Event
Commitments Delete a Purchase Order or Subcontract Commitments cannot be retrieved from the Recycle Bin.
Coordination Issues Delete a Coordination Issue Retrieve a Coordination Issue from the Recycle Bin
Documents Delete Files and Folders in the Project Level Documents Tool Retrieve Files or Folders from the Project Level Documents Tool's Recycle Bin
Emails Delete an Email Retrieve an Email from the Recycle Bin
Equipment Delete a Project Level Equipment Entry Retrieve a Project Level Equipment Entry from the Recycle Bin
Forms Delete a Project Level Form Retrieve a Project Level Form from the Recycle Bin
Incidents Delete an Incident Retrieve an Incident From the Recycle Bin
Inspections Delete an Inspection Retrieve an Inspection From the Recycle Bin
Inspections Delete an Inspection Template Retrieve a Project Level Inspection Template from Recycle Bin
Instructions Delete an Instruction Retrieve an Instruction from the Recycle Bin
Meetings Delete a Meeting Meetings cannot be retrieved from the Recycle Bin.
Observations Delete an Observation Retrieve an Observation From the Recycle Bin
Photos Delete Photos Retrieve a Photo from the Recycle Bin
Defect List Delete a Defect List Item Retrieve Deleted Defect List Items from the Recycle Bin
RFIs Delete an RFI Retrieve an RFI from the Recycle Bin
Submittals Delete a Submittal Retrieve a Submittal from the Recycle Bin
Daywork Sheets Delete a Daywork Sheet Retrieve a Daywork Sheet from the Recycle Bin
Transmittals Delete a Transmittal Retrieve a Transmittal from the Recycle Bin