Trash & Vault

Status: PUBLISHED Last updated: 2026-05-05 Applies to: All plans

What it does

When you delete an asset it moves to the Vault (Trash) for a grace period before being permanently removed. You can restore it any time during that window, or empty it early to reclaim storage immediately.

When to use it

• Recovering an asset deleted by mistake.
• Permanently removing files you are certain you no longer need.
• Auditing what has been deleted by your team in the last 30 days.

Step-by-step

Restore an asset

1. Open Trash in the sidebar (under the Assets group).
2. Find the asset — you can browse the paginated list or look at the Deleted timestamp on each card.
3. Click the Restore icon (↩) on the asset card.
4. The asset reappears in its original folder in your library.

Permanently delete an asset

1. In the Vault, click the Burn icon (🔥) on the card.
2. Confirm the warning — this is irreversible.
3. The asset is removed from storage and does not count against your quota anymore.

Empty the Vault

The Vault auto-empties when items reach their retention age. To empty it manually:

1. Click Empty Vault at the top of the Trash page.
2. Confirm. All assets in the Vault are permanently deleted at once.

Tips & limits

• Retention window: 30 days by default on all plans. Enterprise plans can extend this through Settings.
• Each asset card shows Days remaining so you know how much time you have before auto-deletion.
• Deleting a duplicate from the Duplicates page sends it to the Vault — check here if you need to recover it.
• Vault assets still appear in the audit log under asset.deleted; restoring them logs asset.restored.
• Storage quota is not freed until the asset is permanently deleted (either manually or by the retention sweep).

Troubleshooting

Related

• Assets
• Duplicates — find and remove content-identical files.
• Audit log — full history of deletes and restores.