Recently Archived
When soft-delete is enabled, deleting a chart, dashboard, or dataset archives it instead of removing it permanently. The Recently Archived view lets owners and admins find archived objects and restore them.
This view is gated by the SOFT_DELETE feature flag. When the flag is off the
page and its menu entry are hidden, and deletes are permanent as before.
Finding archived objects
Open Recently Archived and pick a type — Chart, Dashboard, or Dataset — from the Type selector. The view shows one type at a time; each type is read from its own list endpoint, so the same row-level access rules that govern the normal lists apply here.
Each row shows:
- Name — the object's name. Archived objects cannot be opened from here; recover one first and it returns to its normal list, where it opens as usual.
- Type — the selected object type.
- Archived — how long ago the object was archived (sortable).
- Archived by — the user who archived it.
Narrowing the list
- Name search filters by a substring of the object's name.
- Archived time-range presets (Last 7 / 30 / 90 days, or All time) narrow the list to objects archived within the window.
The list is sorted by archive time, most recently archived first.
Recovering an object
Use the Recover action on a row to bring the object back. It immediately returns to its normal list and disappears from the archive. Recovering is limited to the object's editors and admins; you can only recover objects you are able to see in this view.
Deleting an object permanently
Use the Delete permanently action on a row to remove an object for good. You will be asked to confirm.
This cannot be undone. Unlike archiving, it does not move the object anywhere — the object and its version history are erased, and no retention window applies. The same audience that can recover an object can delete it permanently: its editors and admins.
Some objects cannot be deleted permanently while something still depends on them. A chart used by an alert or report, for example, is refused until that alert or report is removed, and the reason is shown. Charts that belong to dashboards are removed from those dashboards as part of the deletion; the dashboards themselves are left in place.
Objects are also deleted permanently on their own once they have been in the archive longer than the retention window, without anyone acting.