Feature Guides
Archiving & Trash Bin
7 min
the archive and trash bin features in visualogyx give you greater control over how you manage inspections that are no longer active whether you're clearing out clutter or just pausing work on a report, you can safely archive or delete inspections while keeping full traceability and the ability to restore them if needed when to use each option action use case can restore? archive temporarily remove from view without deletion ✅ yes move to trash delete inspection but keep it retrievable in trash bin ✅ yes (until permanently deleted) how to archive or move to trash you can bulk select inspections or archive/delete one by one option 1 from the inspection list select one or multiple inspections using the checkboxes click more actions choose archive or move to trash bin option 2 from the three dot menu click the ⋮ next to a single inspection select archive or move to trash bin 📌 tip you can also access other options like duplicate , add to project , or create report from the same menu viewing archived inspections to view archived inspections click the + more filter on your inspection list under archive , choose show archived and non archived show only archived show only non archived this helps you quickly find past work while keeping your main view clean accessing the trash bin to review or permanently delete trashed items go to settings > trash bin use filters to search by team or type from here you can permanently delete inspections using the "empty trash bin" button or click ⋮ to restore an individual inspection good to know items in the trash bin still retain their metadata and can be restored at any time before permanent deletion archived items can be brought back by simply toggling the archive status in filters and re opening them both archived and trashed inspections are not visible to standard users unless restored