{"id":732,"date":"2026-10-12T08:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/crm-recycle-bin\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:08:44","slug":"crm-recycle-bin","status":"publish","type":"rd_doc","link":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/crm\/crm-recycle-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"Delete and restore contacts with the recycle bin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What it is<\/h2>\n<p>Everything you delete in the CRM, whether a contact, deal, task or note, waits in the Recycle Bin for 30 days before it is gone for good. Contacts in the bin are not dialed and do not show anywhere else.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to find it<\/h2>\n<p>CRM &gt; Recycle Bin<\/p>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>To delete a contact, open it, choose <strong>More actions<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Delete contact<\/strong>, then press <strong>Move to recycle bin<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-crm-recycle-bin-1.webp?v=1791835723\" alt=\"More actions &gt; Delete contact\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>More actions &gt; Delete contact<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>To get something back, go to CRM &gt; Recycle Bin and press <strong>Restore<\/strong> on its row.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-crm-recycle-bin-2.webp?v=1791835723\" alt=\"Restore brings it back; Time left counts the days\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Restore brings it back; Time left counts the days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Time left<\/strong> column shows how many days remain.<\/li>\n<li>To remove something now, press the bin icon and then <strong>Delete forever<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Restoring a contact brings back its notes, tasks, deals, every list it was on and its call history.<\/li>\n<li>Calls already made stay in reporting even while a contact is deleted.<\/li>\n<li>The bin never removes a do not call flag.<\/li>\n<li>Delete forever cannot be undone, and support cannot get it back. Leaving it alone costs nothing.<\/li>\n<li>Bulk Delete on the contacts table also sends contacts here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything you delete in the CRM, whether a contact, deal, task or note, waits in the Recycle Bin for 30 days before it is gone for good. Contacts in the bin are not dialed and do not show anywhere else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2001,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_rd_doc_route":"\/crm\/recycle-bin","_rd_doc_source_id":"crm-recycle-bin","_rd_doc_checked":"2026-10-12","_rd_doc_meta_description":"Everything you delete in the CRM, whether a contact, deal, task or note, waits in the Recycle Bin for 30 days before it is gone for good. Contacts in the bin are not dialed and do not show anywhere else.","footnotes":""},"rd_doc_category":[19],"class_list":["post-732","rd_doc","type-rd_doc","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rd_doc_category-crm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rd_doc"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/732\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rd_doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc_category?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}