Delete a Page or Post

You can send content (like pages and posts) to the Trash if you no longer want it. This guide will show you how to move content to the trash, restore it from the trash, and delete content permanently.

In this guide

1. Move a Page or Post to Trash
2. Restore from Trash
3. Permanently Delete a Page or Post
4. Recover a Deleted Page or Post
   1. Recover Content Using Google’s Cache
   2. Recover Content from the Internet Archive

Move a Page or Post to Trash

To delete a piece of content from your site, follow these steps:

1. Visit your dashboard.
2. Click on Pages on the left side (or Posts, Portfolio, or Testimonials, depending on which content you wish to delete.)
3. Locate the page in the list and click the three dots next to the page’s name.
4. Click Trash to send the page to the trash.

The page or post will remain in the trash for 30 days. After 30 days, it will be permanently deleted. While a page or post is in trash, it cannot be viewed by the public.

Restore from Trash

Items in the trash can be restored within 30 days of being trashed. Trashed items will automatically be deleted after 30 days.

1. Visit your dashboard.
2. Click on Pages on the left side (or Posts, Portfolio, or Testimonials, depending on which content you wish to delete.)
3. Click on the Trashed tab.
4. Locate the page in the list and click the three dots next to the page’s name.
5. Click Restore.

The page will be moved to the Drafts tab, where it will stay indefinitely until you publish or delete it again.

Permanently Delete a Page or Post

You can erase content from the Trash permanently by following the steps below.

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Once you choose to permanently delete an item, it cannot be restored!

1. Visit your dashboard.
2. Click on Pages on the left side (or Posts, Portfolio, or Testimonials, depending on which content you wish to delete.)
3. Click on the Trashed tab.
4. Locate the page in the list and click the three dots next to the page’s name.
5. Click Delete Permanently.
6. Click Ok to confirm.

If an item has been permanently deleted from your site by another authorized user, there is no way to recover it. Be careful to assign the proper user role for sites with multiple users.

Recover a Deleted Page or Post

Items deleted from the trash cannot be restored. If you need to recover a deleted item, here are some tips that may work in some cases.

Recover Content Using Google’s Cache

Within a few days of deleting an item, it may be possible to recover it using Google’s cache. If your site is public and the post or page has been published long enough for Google to index it in their search results, you can try the following steps:

1. Go to http://www.google.com
2. Submit a search for the post or page URL or a combination of your blog’s URL and the post or page title.
3. If you receive a matching result, click the three dots next to the URL as shown here:

4. Click on the Cached button, if available. The button will not appear if the page does not exist in Google’s cache.

5. Google will display a snapshot of how the page appeared at some point in the past. You can copy and paste the content into a new post or page.

Recover Content from the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an online library containing billions of snapshots of websites taken since 1996. The archive is accessible via the Wayback Machine which you may be able to use to access past snapshots of a site and recover deleted content.

Visit the Internet Archive Wayback Machine and enter the URL of the deleted post or page (or your website address if you don’t have the exact link). If your site is in the archive, you can see available snapshots sorted by date. Select a snapshot to view your site as it looked on that date.

Note that there is no guarantee your site will be in the archive. Private sites and sites hidden from search engines will not have any snapshots.