I hope Obsidian takes a page from Apple Notes’ book and simply adds a Trash folder.
I had to download and configure separate software (“Hazel”) to automate the deletion of files trashed more than 30 days ago :\
You can put me in the “untitled” club.
You can also put me in the “accidentally created a folder instead of a note” club. I don’t know how many times I paste a title to the clipboard, and I select “new folder” instead of “new note”.
Back on topic, I just learned about about the .trash folder, and I’m on the fence as to whether to turn it on or not. It comes down to “what benefit does turning this on get me?”
“what benefit does turning this on get me?”
The fact that this is not here by default is a reason for me to put Obsidian down.
If I delete something to the system trash, I have to leave the application, struggle to find which item I wish to recover (perhaps its an image), and move it back.
Or I leave the application, use file explorer to locate my Obsidian directory and browse to the .trash folder, and move it back to what folder it was (maybe I’ve forgotten).
Both of these options disrupts workflow and trail of thoughts.
Its ridiculous there is no way to access the .trash folder inside Obsidian.
There are so many basic features like this missing. It isn’t necessarily a good thing that developers need to create plugins to do what the app should offer by default.
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As i use obsidian in restricted mode (i hate half baked, buggy or complicated plugins and obsidian core is powerful enough for me), having no native tab or feature to manage the .trash folder inside the app itself is obviously a missed opportunity and big oversight for the core app.
IMO, it should be just another toggleable core plugin just like files, backlinks, bookmarks etc are with dedicated tab to view, restore or permanently delete the files deleted earlier.
Having a dedicated option to send deleted files to .trash folder instead of system trash is great (Settings> Files and links > Deleted Files), but not having any inbuild way to manage those deleted files is something even the most basic of note taking or PKM apps have.
I know there are community plugins that manage this, but as i use obsidian in restricted mode and use the app across windows and android phone, going into file explorer and digging file directories is annoying as hell if i need to view the deleted files, recover any of them or had deleted a file accidentally.