Trash folder for notes. Any deleted notes go to the trash folder instead of being deleted permanently. Undo seems like a good feature to have too along with this. Just better deleting options as the users mentioned here Undo

I just created a new notebook, named AAA_TRASH, so that it comes first in the notebook column, and just put any note to be deleted there, so that I can review what I have deleted and if I’d rather restore it. Of course, restore function is not automatic (to the place the note existed), but it works …

This actually is a good idea in my opinion. Currently deleting a note really permanently deletes it, is that right?

Yes, but I remember Laurent mentioned when he developed the notes history that a trash can is basically only a frontend that is missing. The backend logic should be there already.

I’ve tried and failed to add a trash feature - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/compare/trash It was based on the revision system and just got too complex for my taste, which would make it hard to maintain long term. My current plan is to have a regular folder called “trash” where notes are move…

okay, thanks for reply. should i leave my request open, maybe some other developer has time to implement that complex feature ?

[image] laurent: My current plan is to have a regular folder called “trash” where notes are moved when deleted. There will be nothing special about this folder so there won’t be a need for special support for it. That's exactly how I set up mine, laurent. [joplin] I just drag the notes that…

[image] Sophia: I just drag the notes that I don’t want any longer to the Trash notebook, then after a while when I know for sure I don’t need them any longer, I delete those permanently. It takes a tiny bit of discipline not to just delete them after 10 years of Evernote, so it would be great i…

Yes Sophia’s idea is probably the way to go but it’s difficult to generalise. These are my notes so far: Create a folder named “Trash” (no unique special ID) What if the user changes the app language? What if the trash folder doesn’t already exists and is created in two devices, which then sync? …

Excellent reasoning, laurent! Now I know why Joplin is so solid :slight_smile: A compromise: you could consider creating a "courtesy" trash notebook along with the Welcome messages, with an explanation that people can use it the way I described earlier. That way they can rename it to their language…

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tatoosh 7 February 2020 07:33 5

Any plans for the trash folder now?

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