[Trash Management] Easier to remove old notes

[cduong13 11]

Hi,

I want to do some clean up for my old notes (My notes are taking a lot of spaces). Because we don't have the "auto-remove feature for Trash" and we cannot search notes in Trash, I have to delete my notes manually in Trash, which wastes a lot of time.

For Apple Notes, notes are searchable even in Trash, and notes in Trash will be auto-removed after 30days, and will be completely removed from iCloud from the next 40days. It is very convenient, we don't have to search for notes in Trash to delete manually (for e.g. look for notes in Trash which is older than 30days).

I hope Evernote can implement some features to easier  remove old notes to save spaces.

 

[DTLow 5,736]

4 hours ago, cduong13 said:

I have to delete my notes manually in Trash, which wastes a lot of time.

On my Mac and iPad, I just click on Empty Trash

I don't maintain a "working/auto" trash folder.  If necessary, I can recover notes from personal backups

[cduong13 11]

Thanks DTLow, but I don’t want to empty the Trash. I only want to remove notes in Trash which is older than 30days. 

[jefito 5,589]

You can apply filters to Trash, at least in the Windows client, though I'm not sure that Evernote has filters that fit exactly what you're trying to do. See https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/208313828-How-to-use-Evernote-s-advanced-search-syntax

For example, the filter "-updated:day-365" will show only notes that were updated over a year ago. Unfortunately, there is no 'deleted' filter, and a note's updated field is not modified when it's deleted.

[DTLow 5,736]

4 hours ago, cduong13 said:

Thanks DTLow, but I don’t want to empty the Trash. I only want to remove notes in Trash which is older than 30days. 

Not a big priority for me, but on my Mac I have a date deleted column
My Trash entries are sorted by this date
I can easily select and delete entries over 30 days

 

 

 

[CalS 5,277]

10 hours ago, cduong13 said:

I want to do some clean up for my old notes (My notes are taking a lot of spaces). Because we don't have the "auto-remove feature for Trash" and we cannot search notes in Trash, I have to delete my notes manually in Trash, which wastes a lot of time.

Got to ask, what's "a lot of time"?

[jefito 5,589]

3 hours ago, DTLow said:

Not a big priority for me, but on my Mac I have a date deleted column

Good point; there's a Deleted date in the list views in the Windows client as well.

[cduong13 11]

Ok, we can delete notes in Trash by using Filter, but it is still manual. 

I wish Evernote can make the the Retention Policy for Trash. It would be more convenient. 

Thanks guys.