# Project Trashcan

## 🗑️ What is the Trashcan folder for ?

The trashcan folder keeps track of deleted forms or folders and let you restore them in case these were deleted by error. 

You can either empty the trashcan manually or let it empty automatically after 500 deleted surveys. If you want 

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{% hint style="info" %}
🧙 To delete permanently a survey just delete it back from the trashcan folder. This operation cannot be reversed and all respondent and respondent's answers will be lost.
{% endhint %}

## 🔄 Restore deleted Items

If you deleted your survey by mistake you can restore any deleted survey at any time using the restore option. 

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