Recycle Bin

Learn how the Forms Recycle Bin Functions

The Recycle Bin holds items you have deleted but not yet permanently removed. Deleted forms, templates, and documents are soft-deleted — they disappear from your main lists but are recoverable for up to 30 days.

Access the Recycle Bin via your avatar menu → Recycle Bin, or navigate to forms.maica.com.au/bin.

What Is Soft Deletion?

When you delete a form, template, or document:

  • It is removed from all main lists and search results

  • It is not immediately destroyed — it moves to the Recycle Bin

  • The public URL of a deleted published form stops working immediately

  • Existing submissions and Salesforce records created from it are unaffected

Viewing Deleted Items

The Recycle Bin shows three tabs:

Tab
Contents

Forms

Deleted data collection forms

Templates

Deleted document templates

Documents

Deleted generated documents

Each item shows:

  • The item name

  • Date it was deleted

  • Who deleted it

Restoring an Item

  1. Navigate to the Recycle Bin

  2. Find the item you want to restore

  3. Click Restore

The item is moved back to your main list with Draft status, regardless of what status it had when deleted. You will need to re-publish it if you want it to be live again.

Restored items retain all their original settings, fields, and configuration.

Permanently Deleting an Item

  1. Navigate to the Recycle Bin

  2. Find the item

  3. Click Delete permanently

  4. Confirm the action

Permanent deletion cannot be undone. All data associated with the item is destroyed.

For forms: Permanently deleting a form also permanently deletes all its submissions.

Automatic Expiry

Items in the Recycle Bin are automatically and permanently deleted after 30 days. If you think you might need to recover something, restore it before the 30-day window closes.

Items Not in the Recycle Bin

The following are permanently deleted immediately (no soft-delete):

  • Individual field changes within a form

  • Submissions (if deleted directly, not via form deletion)

  • Allowed identity entries deleted from the Admin panel

  • Salesforce connections

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