Chapter 11: Recycle Bin Management

11.1 Overview

Photocatalyst's recycle bin mechanism:

• Deleting photos defaults to soft delete, moving photos to the software's recycle bin
• Photos in the recycle bin retain their original files and can be restored at any time
• Files deleted from disk are moved to the operating system's recycle bin and can be restored from there

11.2 Recycle Bin Interface

Access: Sidebar → Recycle Bin

The recycle bin displays all deleted photos in list/grid view, with the following information:

• Photo thumbnails
• Original filenames
• Image dimensions

11.3 Restoring Photos

Single Restore

1. Find the photo to restore in the recycle bin
2. Right-click the photo → Restore
3. Photo is restored to its original location

Batch Restore

1. Select multiple photos (or click "Restore All")
2. Confirm the restore operation
3. Wait for restoration to complete
4. All selected photos are restored to their original locations

Restore All

Click the "Restore All" button:

1. Confirm restoring all photos
2. Wait for operation to complete
3. Recycle bin is emptied

11.4 Deleting from Disk

Single Delete

1. Right-click photo → Delete from Disk
2. Confirm the operation
3. The photo file is moved to the operating system's recycle bin (in desktop mode), recoverable from there

Batch Delete

1. Right-click each photo → Delete from Disk one by one
2. Or directly click "Delete All from Disk"

Empty Recycle Bin

Click the "Delete All" button to empty the entire software recycle bin.

11.5 Notes

Note: In the desktop version, when performing "Delete from Disk", files are moved to the operating system's recycle bin and can still be restored from there.

Next Step: Read Chapter 12 to learn about system configuration.