Lists
Trash
Deleting sends a thing or a list to Trash rather than removing it immediately.
Trash is free for everyone.
Why you'd care
Deletion is the one action with no natural undo once you have closed the app. Trash is the safety net, and knowing how long it holds things is worth ten seconds of reading.
The 60-second version
Deleted things and lists go to Trash. Open Trash to restore or permanently remove them.
How long things stay
Settings Data Delete trash after 30 days sets the retention: a number of days, or keep forever. The default clears after a period, which keeps storage sensible.
Keep forever is the safer setting and costs only storage. If you have ever regretted a deletion, change it.
Going further
Restoring returns it where it was. A restored thing goes back to its original list or day, not to a generic inbox.
Emptying is permanent. Settings Data Empty trash removes everything immediately, and nothing survives it. There is no second tier.
Trash is not archive. Trash is for mistakes and genuine removal. For a finished list you want to keep, archive instead. See archive.
Settings that change this
- Settings Data Delete trash after 30 days sets how long deleted items are kept.
- Settings Data Empty trash clears it now, permanently.
Tips
- Set retention to keep forever unless you are tight on storage. Deleted things take very little room.
- Check Trash before concluding something is lost. It is the answer more often than sync problems are.
If it's not working
I cannot find something I deleted. Check the retention setting, since it may already have cleared. See getting a deleted thing back.
A restored thing is not where I expected. It returns to its original location, which may be a day you have forgotten rather than the list you last saw it in.