Trash and restoring
Restore deleted projects, characters, and worlds from the Trash, or delete them for good.
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Overview
When you delete a project, a character, or a world, it moves to the Trash instead of disappearing. You can restore it any time during the holding period, and after that it’s deleted for good automatically. Characters and worlds are kept for 30 days. If you published a project to the Community, its post is hidden while the project is in the Trash and shows up again when you restore it. Check the notice at the top of the Trash and the days left shown on each item.
Where to find it
Click Projects in your profile menu. In the app, tap Trash on the Profile tab to open the Trash directly.
Click the Trash button at the top of the page.
Choose the Projects, Characters, or Worlds tab.
Restore something
Find what you want back. You can search on every tab, and filter and sort on the projects tab.
Click Restore on the item. On project cards, the button appears only when you hover over the card.
Restored projects go back to your Projects list. Characters and worlds go back to the Create tab in the Studio.
To restore several projects at once, select them with Select All or each card’s checkbox, then click Restore at the top.
Delete for good
In the Trash, click Delete Forever on the item. On project cards, the button appears only when you hover over the card.
Confirm in the window that appears.
See how many days are left
Each item in the Trash shows how many days are left before it’s deleted for good. When time is almost up, it turns red. On the projects tab, choose Expiring Soon (7 days) in the filter to see only what’s about to be deleted. But if you’ve deleted a lot of projects, the web Trash shows only some of them, starting with the most recently deleted, and search and the filter look only among those. To find projects you deleted long ago, scroll to the end of the Trash in the app.
What goes to the Trash
| What you delete | Where you delete it | Goes to the Trash? |
|---|---|---|
| Projects | The ⋮ button on a card in Projects → Move to Trash | Yes |
| Characters | In the Studio’s Create tab, choose All, then use the trash icon on the character’s row; the row’s Details → Profile & personality → Delete character at the bottom (click it twice); or the My Characters tab in Projects | Yes |
| Worlds | The world view in the Studio’s Create tab | Yes (right after deleting, you can also bring it back instantly with Undo) |
| Panels | The panel tools on the canvas | No. They’re deleted right away |
| Character looks, props, and setting images | Character Studio, or the Studio’s Create tab | No. They’re deleted right away |
FAQ
Can I empty the Trash all at once?
Do characters in the Trash count toward my character limit?
Can I get back a panel I deleted?
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