| Just going to show that they don't release new | | | | In your site, click on Site Actions then Site Settings. |
| versions for nothing, Microsoft SharePoint Services | | | | On the Site Settings page, under "Site Collection |
| version 3.0 is loaded with many features that were | | | | Administration" click on Recycle Bin |
| unavailable in version 2.0. One of which, is the all | | | | With SharePoint Services 3.0 you have some setup |
| mighty Recycle Bin. | | | | options with the Recycle Bin, including how long each |
| Now, even though it is believed that the Recycle Bin | | | | stage of the Recycle Bin will hold content as well as |
| is a standard feature on all software, it hasn't always | | | | space quotas for the second stage. The space quota |
| been that way. In version 2.0 of SharePoint Services | | | | setting is important, because if you are in a shared |
| the Recycle Bin was absent, meaning that if you | | | | hosting environment, content within your Recycle Bin |
| removed an item from the Portal, it was gone, and | | | | will count and eat up disk space. |
| the only way to get it back was to have your | | | | Dedicated hosting Administrators have access to all |
| SharePoint host restore the whole site from backups | | | | the settings, to be able to adjust content hold time |
| if you didn't have another local copy to upload. It | | | | as well as space quotas. If you're in a shared |
| was kind of dangerous when it came to removing | | | | SharePoint hosting environment, talk to your service |
| files. | | | | provider about creating custom settings, if their |
| The Recycle Bin is set up for two stages, the first | | | | default settings do not work for you. In the case of |
| stage is the first time the document or image or list | | | | my hosted SharePoint site, both stages of my |
| item is deleted by a user and put on "hold." In this | | | | Recycle Bin are held for 30 days, and I contacted my |
| stage the deleted document can still be retrieved but | | | | service provider to have my space quota on my |
| only by the user that made the deletion. The second | | | | second stage be no more than 50%. (I'll admit I'm a |
| stage is called the Site Collection Recycle, where only | | | | bit of a worry-wart for losing precious documents.) |
| site Administrators can access its contents. | | | | Either way you look at it, the Recycle Bin is a |
| To access your Recycle Bin contents, here's what | | | | fantastic feature, and a great safety net for saving |
| you need to do: | | | | documents. |