Trash
A clean project is a clean mind ready for some more writing.
The trash helps you recover from mistakes without panic. When you delete most items in Fortelling, they first go to the trash instead of being gone forever. This gives you a safety net, especially when working on shared projects.
Where to find the trash?
The location of the trash depends on the platform you’re using. Access is always just a few taps or clicks away.
Mobile
On mobile, the trash is available from the home screen.
Open the home screen.
Tap the three vertical dots in the top corner.
Select Trash.
Web
On the web version, the trash is always visible.
You’ll find Trash in the top bar, available on every page.
This makes it easy to quickly recover deleted items while working in your project.
What happens when you delete something?
When you delete most elements, they are moved to the trash rather than permanently removed. From there, you can decide what to do next.
In the trash, you can:
Review deleted items
Restore items to their original place
Permanently delete items (admins only)
Restoring items from the trash
When you restore an item:
It returns to its original location
All linked data stays intact
No special permissions are required
This is useful if you or a collaborator removed something by accident.
Permanent deletion (admins only)
Only admins can permanently delete items from the trash.
This is an extra safety measure for collaboration:
Editors and viewers cannot remove items forever
Admins stay in control of irreversible actions
Once an item is permanently deleted, it cannot be recovered.
Items that do not use the trash
Some elements are removed immediately and never appear in the trash. This behavior is intentional and depends on how these elements work internally.
The following items are deleted permanently right away:
Timeline events
File folders
All files inside the folder are moved to the home files folder upon deletion
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