No Trash / Recycle Bin...

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No Trash / Recycle Bin...

After my son accidentally deleted an important Note on my wife's iPad, I discovered that it had no Trash / Recycle Bin... And so that the Note was lost.

This was a bit of a shock, especially from the inventor of the Trash / Recycle Bin. Then I checked my wife's iPhone and it doesn't seem to have a Trash / Recycle Bin either. (Another deterrent for me to get one, with AT&T.)

So my questions are:
* Is the Trash / Recycle Bin in fact there somewhere and I am just missing it? Or if not:
* Are there ways to restore deleted items nevertheless?

iPad, Other OS

Posted on Oct 7, 2010 9:31 AM

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Answer 1

MichelPM

Level 10

80,958 points

Jul 21, 2017 11:07 AM in response to Tarbo

Ranting and complaning isn't allowed in any of these technical support forums and ranting and complaining in a 5 year old posting IS definitely not allowed, either.

And you complaints are inapprpriately stated.

Plus, your reply seems to be about your iPhone and not about iPads.

Which make your any/complaint even more irrelevent here!

This IS the iPad support area.

If you have feedback for Apple, send it here.

iPhone Feedback

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

The only way to get Apple to listen to you is to use their feedback portion of their website. Apple DOES read the feedback, but they still do not respond with any personal replies.

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Answer 2

Tarbo

Level 1

4 points

Jul 21, 2017 11:10 AM in response to Carlos Sanchez2

You would think that Apple would have a trash bin where you could recover items you accidentally deleted. No one is

perfect, we all make mistakes. For the money we spend, you'd think they would at least have a recovery system.

Lately, I'm getting real disenchanted with Apple. They're getting on the last good nerve I have and they really suck.

For instance, they have a way to block numbers on the phone, but first you have to make them a contact. Then if you delete the contact, they're no longer blocked. Pretty soon, you have a bunch of contacts that you blocked (and no garbage can to toss them in either)

The only way you can block them is by an outside app. Then you have unwanted ads and those apps suck too! Most don't block unwanted calls until after they call and you enter their name and number to the list. ****

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Answer 3

Oct 7, 2010 9:41 AM in response to Carlos Sanchez2

If you are talking about the Notes app, there is a trash can at the bottom of the page.

If you are talking about the Mail app, go to inbox, mailboxes, trash and it will be there until deletion.

Does that help?

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Answer 4

King_Penguin

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334,138 points

Oct 7, 2010 10:19 AM in response to Carlos Sanchez2

There is no trash/recycle bin on the iPad which allows you to restore deleted items - once a note is deleted the only way that you may be able to restore it is to do a restore via iTunes (but that assumes that the note was on the iPad when you last backed it up, and that you havn't created any other notes since the backup, as I think that the restore would remove them).

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Answer 5

Oct 7, 2010 11:08 AM in response to King_Penguin

Thanks Ralph, but when I click on the Notes application's trash can at the bottom of the page, all I seem able to do is delete the current note. What I need to do is restore a deleted note.

Which according to King_Penguin is indeed, and surprisingly, impossible. And no, the note wasn't on the iPad when it was last backed up...

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Answer 6

Oct 7, 2010 1:07 PM in response to Carlos Sanchez2

Sorry dude, but your note is gone. There is no trash can recovery on i pad or iphone.

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Answer 7

Oct 7, 2010 1:52 PM in response to mauijiminar

Does anyone know if Apple intends to add the Trash back? It is indispensable in my view... And something that I believe e.g. Android offers.

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Answer 8

Kopchony

Level 1

4 points

Dec 14, 2012 4:12 AM in response to Carlos Sanchez2

Two years passed but Trasn Bin didn't aded to Notes app 😠

Hey Apple, do you hear us? We paing money for you!

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Answer 9

King_Penguin

Level 10

334,138 points

Dec 14, 2012 4:26 AM in response to Kopchony

No, Apple are not listening on these user-to-user forums. If you want a trashcan to be able to recover deleted notes from (as opposed to the trashcan that already exists in the app) then you can try leaving feedback for Apple here : http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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