Deleted a note, an event or a transaction by mistake? Don't worry. It does not disappear straight away: it lands in the Trash and waits there for 7 to 30 days, depending on your plan. Bring it back with a single click any time before that. The five steps below show you where the trash is, what ends up in it and what deleting permanently really means.
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Open the trash
You open the Trash from the icon in the lower part of the left menu, just below Settings and History; the same page is also in the profile menu at the top right.
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Items are permanently deleted after 7 days
💡Side project ideasdeleted 2 days ago
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Team meeting2026-08-12deleted 5 hr. ago
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The icon at the bottom of the left menu and the page it opens
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What ends up here
The trash collects three things: notes, events and finance transactions. When you delete a note its subpages are deleted with it, and in the list they sit indented under the parent, so the tree survives intact. Events show their date next to them, transactions their amount and currency.
When you delete a transaction your wallet balance is recalculated as if it had never been entered: delete an Expense and the balance goes up, delete an Income and it goes down. Restore it and the amount falls back into place, and your balance is what it was before. In short, nothing is lost: as long as the transaction sits in the trash, you can put your balance back the way it was.
There is one exception: if you deleted the wallet too before restoring the transaction, the transaction comes back but is no longer attached to a wallet. Pumpynotes will not book money to a wallet that no longer exists, because that would leave an amount in your balance that appears nowhere.
When you delete a transaction that repeats every month, like rent, Pumpynotes asks how much of it you want to delete. Delete a single month and that month leaves the list, but the transaction itself stays, so nothing appears in the trash. It only lands here if you choose Delete all occurrences. The options are covered in how to set up a recurring transaction.
🗾Japan Tripdeleted 2 days ago
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🏨Hotel bookingdeleted 2 days ago
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Visa appointment2026-08-12deleted 5 hr. ago
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✈️Flight ticket (-1,240 USD)2026-08-10deleted 3 days ago
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Notes keep their tree; events are listed with a date, transactions with an amount
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Restore it
Hover over a row and the buttons appear; press Restore on the right and the item goes straight back where it was. A note returns under whichever page it lived in before, an event to its own date. You do not have to put anything back yourself: everything is as you left it.
Restoring a parent page also brings back the subpages that were deleted at the same time as it. Subpages you deleted separately, earlier, stay in the trash; those you have to restore one by one.
🗾Japan Tripdeleted 2 days ago
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🏨Hotel bookingdeleted 2 days ago
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Restoring the parent brings back the subpage deleted alongside it
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Delete permanently or empty
To get rid of an item before its time is up, hover over the row again and press Delete permanently. To clear everything in one go, use Empty Trash at the top right.
The Empty button deletes nothing on the first press. Pumpynotes asks first: Are you sure? This cannot be undone. The second press empties the trash. If you change your mind, just leave the page and nothing is deleted.
Trash
Are you sure? This cannot be undone.
Items are permanently deleted after 7 days
📖Recipe bookdeleted 2 days ago
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Dinner party2026-08-09deleted 4 days ago
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After the first press the Empty button asks for confirmation
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How long you have
The trash does not keep things forever. The line just under the title tells you how many days you have on your plan: Free 7 days, Pro 14 days, Business and Enterprise 30 days. Every item runs its own clock; the small text next to its name says when it was deleted, and you work the remaining time out from there.
If there is any chance you will change your mind, restore it before the time runs out rather than waiting.
Items in the trash do not count towards your storage. You do not need to empty the trash to free up space: a note leaves your quota the moment you delete it.
Frequently asked questions
Where does a note go when I delete it?
To the trash. The note leaves your list but the record itself stays, and you can bring it back for 7 to 30 days depending on your plan. Once that time is up it is deleted permanently.
Does a restored note go back where it was?
Yes. The note returns under whichever page it lived in before it was deleted. Restoring a parent page also brings back the subpages that were deleted at the same time as it.
Can I get a deleted transaction back?
Yes. Deleted income and expenses land in the trash too and wait there for the same period. When you restore one, the amount is applied to your wallet balance again: income raises it, an expense lowers it. If you deleted the wallet as well, the transaction still comes back but without a wallet. Deleted categories and wallets, however, do not appear in the trash.
Does the trash count towards my storage?
No. The storage calculation only counts notes and events that have not been deleted; anything in the trash sits outside your quota.
Is the trash available on every plan?
Yes, the page is open on every plan, Free included. The only thing that changes between plans is how long items wait: Free 7 days, Pro 14 days, Business and Enterprise 30 days.
What happens to the trash if I delete my account?
Deleting your account covers everything: your data is removed permanently, the items in the trash included. If you want a copy first, see export your data, and for what deletion covers, delete your account.