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Starting with WSS 3.0, SharePoint provides a recycle bin feature, whereby documents are moved to a special holding area instead of being immediately deleted from the system. By default, deleted items remain in the recycle bin for 30 days, or until the bin is manually emptied (whichever comes first).
 
ContactsLaw provides features to leverage this feature. If configured to use the recycle bin, documents deleted in ContactsLaw will be moved to the recycle bin. You can access the recycle bin via The Practice, Documents, Registration & Storage.
 
Note: When the recycle bin feature is enabled, deleting a document still removes all metadata associated with the document. Only the document itself is held in the recycle bin.
 
The recycle bin is configured on a per-library basis. If you use a long-term document archive in addition to your main document library, we suggest leaving the recycle bin feature switched off on the archive.

Restoring deleted items

Using the aforementioned management screen, you are presented with a list of all documents in the recycle bin. Tick the item(s) you wish to restore and click 'Restore selected'. For each deleted item, ContactsLaw will reinstate the document and create a cataloguing task.