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Restore a deleted receipt

Receipts moved to Trash can be restored to your main list at any time — or permanently deleted if you no longer need them.

The Trash page listing deleted receipts with Restore and Permanently Delete buttons
The Trash page — deleted receipts stay here until you restore or permanently delete them.

Open Trash

Click Trash in the left sidebar, or go directly to /trash. The Trash page lists all receipts you have deleted, showing vendor, date, amount, and source for each.

If Trash is empty, you will see an "All clear" message — nothing to restore.

Restore a receipt

  1. Find the receipt in the Trash list. Receipts are shown with their vendor name, date, and amount. Use your browser's find-in-page (Cmd/Ctrl + F) to search within the page if the list is long.
  2. Click Restore in the rightmost column of that row.
  3. The receipt is immediately moved back to your main receipts list. It reappears in search, summary reports, and duplicate detection as if it was never deleted.

There is no confirmation step for restoring — the action is instant and reversible. If you restore a receipt accidentally, delete it again.

Permanently delete a receipt

This cannot be undone. Permanent deletion removes the receipt record, all extracted data, notes, history, and the original uploaded file. It cannot be recovered.
  1. Open Trash.
  2. Find the receipt you want to permanently remove.
  3. Click Delete forever (the red button in the actions column).
  4. Confirm the browser prompt — "Permanently delete this receipt? This cannot be undone."

Permanent deletion makes sense when you have accidentally uploaded a receipt that belongs to someone else, or when you're sure a record is no longer needed.

How long are receipts kept in Trash?

Receipts stay in Trash for 90 days. After that they are purged automatically — the receipt record, its extracted data, and the original file are permanently removed. Restore anything you want to keep before the 90 days are up.

If you are cleaning up for tax year archival, consider exporting the summary CSV first (see Tax year summary) — or a full data export — before deleting old receipts.