Second stage Recycle Bin

SharePoint: Second stage Recycle Bin

 SharePoint Servers are having a Second stage Recycle bin as well. This is the same as Windows Recycle Bin. The deleted documents will be moved to the SharePoint Recycle Bin. Users will be having their own Bins and cannot see others. By default, the items in Recycle Bin will be deleted after 30 days. The SharePoint Administrators can change these settings based on their requirements. 

 For Deleting items from SharePoint Recycle Bin, visit Emptying SharePoint Recycle Bin 

 After emptying your Recycle Bin, you might want to check your database tables. You'll find the records are still in the table and the database is even bigger. I had to do some research and found that SharePoint is having a Second stage Recycle Bin also. And the tables got bigger only because of the transaction logs. Now we have to deal with these junks to reduce the DB size. 

 Step 1 : Log in as Site Administrator
Step 2 : Goto Site Settings
Step 3 : Under Site Collection Administration, Click Recycle Bin
Step 4 : Click on Deleted from end user Recycle Bin
Step 5 : Delete the items. (Items will be permanently deleted.)


 You can turn off this feature if not required. 

 Step 1 : Go to Application Management
Step 2 : Click manage Web Applications
Step 3 : Choose Web Application and Click General Settings
Step 4 : Scroll down for Recycle Bin Status
Step 5 : Turn off Second Stage Recycle Bin
Hope this helps. 

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