When you delete a post, it’s moved to Trash rather than being permanently removed. Archived posts stay in Trash for 30 days before being automatically deleted.
Accessing Trash
Open Trash from the sidebar under Posts to view all archived posts in your workspace. Posts are listed with when they were archived and who archived them.
Restoring posts
To restore an archived post:
- Open the post from the Trash page, or
- Click Restore in the alert banner when viewing an archived post
Restored posts return to your calendar and can be edited and scheduled as normal.
Permanently deleting
Archived posts are automatically permanently deleted after 30 days. To delete immediately:
- Open the archived post
- Click Delete Immediately in the alert banner
- Confirm the action
Permanent deletion cannot be undone. The post and all its content will be removed from Ordinal.
What gets archived
- Posts and ideas — Both can be archived from the same menu
- Scheduled posts — Archiving cancels the scheduled publish
- Published posts — Archiving in Ordinal does not remove the post from social platforms
