Deleting and recovering elements in branches

When you delete project elements from the current state of a branch, they are put in the recycle bin of that branch. You can restore those elements to your branch.

You cannot edit an element in the recycle bin, but if you have sufficient permissions to edit in a change activity, validation activity, or ungoverned branch, you can restore it so that it returns to the current state of the branch. The recycle bin of a release is in read-only mode for all users, you must go in a change activity to restore elements.

The recycle bin also displays deleted folders. If you restore a deleted folder, you do not also restore the rules it contains. You must restore them explicitly.

Some artifact views in the recycle bin might display missing information or errors. This happens when a deleted object has a reference to an object that is not deleted. For example:

When a deleted deployment configuration references an operation that is not deleted, the operation is not found in the recycle bin and cannot be displayed.
When a deleted operation references a variables in a variable set that is not deleted.
When the BOM is not found in the recycle bin, a deleted variable shows errors.

Note:

You cannot restore elements in a closed activity.
You can only restore elements in the recycle bin, you cannot permanently delete them.