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Configure Recycle Bin settings (SharePoint Server 2010)
Published: May 12, 2010
Recycle Bins are used to help users protect and recover data.Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 supports two stages of Recycle Bins: the first-stage Recycle Bin and second-stage Recycle Bin.
When a user deletes an item, the item is automatically sent to the first-stage Recycle Bin. By default, when an item is deleted from the first-stage Recycle Bin, the item is sent to the second-stage Recycle Bin. A site collection administrator can restore items from the second-stage Recycle Bin.
You turn on and configure Recycle Bins at the Web application level. By default, Recycle Bins are turned on in all the site collections in a Web application. This article describes how to configure Recycle Bin settings for a Web application.
For more information and usage recommendations about SharePoint Server 2010 Recycle Bins, see Plan to protect content by using recycle bins and versioning (SharePoint Server 2010).
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| You cannot perform this task by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets. You must use the Stsadm command-line tool or the SharePoint Central Administration Web site instead. For information about how to configure Recycle Bin settings by using the Stsadm command-line tool, see Recycle Bin: Stsadm properties (Office SharePoint Server). |
To configure Recycle Bin settings by using Central Administration
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Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.
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On the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, click Application Management.
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On the Application Management page, click Manage Web Applications.
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Click the Web application for which you want to configure Recycle Bin settings. The ribbon becomes active.
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On the ribbon, click the General Settings drop-down menu, and then click General Settings.
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On the Web Application General Settings page, in the Recycle Bin section, you can configure the following settings:
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You can set the Recycle Bins for the Web application to be On or Off. By default, Recycle Bins are turned on.
Note: If you turn off the Recycle Bins, any existing items in both the first and second-stage Recycle Bins are deleted. Depending on how much data is contained in the Recycle Bins, deleting these items can take a long time.
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You can specify a time after which items in the Recycle Bins are deleted, or you can specify that these items should never be deleted. By default, items are deleted after 30 days.
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You can specify a percentage of live site quota for second-stage deleted items. The default setting is 50 percent. You can also turn off second-stage Recycle Bins. If you select Off, site collection administrators cannot recover items deleted from end-user Recycle Bins.The second-stage Recycle Bin quota percentage must be a value from 1 through 500.
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After you have finished configuring the Recycle Bins, click OK.
Change History
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| May 12, 2010 | Initial publication |
