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How to Access[edit]

Menu Items[edit]

Select Menus → Menu Trash from the drop-down menu in the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

Articles[edit]

Select Content → Article Trash from the drop-down menu in the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

Description[edit]

These screens are holding areas where Menu Items and Articles are stored before they are permanently deleted from your Joomla! web site. From here, you can either permanently delete the items or restore them to the site.

Screenshot[edit]

Menu Items[edit]

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Articles[edit]

Trash manager articles.png

Column Headers[edit]

Menu Items[edit]

  • #. An indexing number automatically assigned by Joomla! for ease of reference.
  • Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items. To select all items, check the box in the column heading. After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the selected item or items. Many toolbar actions, such as Publish and Unpublish, can work with multiple items. Others, such as Edit, only work on one item at a time. If multiple items are checked and you press Edit, the first item will be opened for editing.
  • Name. The Name of the Menu Item.
  • ID. The unique ID number automatically assigned to this item by Joomla!. This number cannot be changed.
  • Menu. The Name of the Menu that this Menu Item belongs to.
  • Type. The Type of the Menu Item.

Articles[edit]

  • #. An indexing number automatically assigned by Joomla! for ease of reference.
  • Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items. To select all items, check the box in the column heading. After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the selected item or items. Many toolbar actions, such as Publish and Unpublish, can work with multiple items. Others, such as Edit, only work on one item at a time. If multiple items are checked and you press Edit, the first item will be opened for editing.
  • Title. The Title of the Article.
  • ID. The unique ID number automatically assigned to this item by Joomla!. This number cannot be changed.
  • Section. The Section this item belongs to. Clicking on the Section Title opens the Section for editing. See Section Manager - Edit.
  • Category. The Category this item belongs to. Clicking on the Category title opens the Category for editing. See Category Manager - Edit.

Toolbar[edit]

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

Trash manager toolbar.png

  • Restore. To Restore one or more items, select them using the Check Box and then click this button. A new screen will display with two options: Restore or Cancel. To Restore, press the Restore button. A dialog box will then display with the options "OK" or "Cancel". Press "OK" to Restore the selected items.
  • Delete. To delete one or more items, select them and click this button. The selected items will be deleted. Note: only empty items can be deleted.
  • Help. Opens this Help Screen.

Quick Tips[edit]

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