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Panopto - How to Delete and Restore a Recycled Video

Modified on: Thu, May 29 2025 10:43 AM

Now in Panopto, deleted recordings will be stored in a Recycle Bin for 90 days (as of 2018-12-15).

Note: After the session has been in the recycle bin for 90 days it will automatically go into a hard delete, which means the session will be gone permanently.

Prerequisites

  • Administrator, Videographer, or Creator access to Panopto
     

1. Delete a Recording

Please note: If a folder is deleted, all content in that folder and in any subfolders will be moved to the  Recycle Bin as archived content. Archived content will not be deleted and can be accessed or deleted from the Archive page.

1.1.  Delete a single recording: Hover over the video in the video library, select the More icon, represented by three vertical dots, and then select the Delete button (Fig. 1).

Video in the video library. It's been hovered over, and three icons appear. The third icon, for the More menu (three vertical dots) is highlighted and the menu is expanded. On it, the option "Delete" is highlighted by a red box. Figure 1


1.2To delete multiple recordings: Hover over each in the video library, select the checkbox that appears in the upper left-hand corner of the video's icon, and then select delete icon (trashcan) from the top toolbar (Fig. 2). 

Figure 2 

1.3. Deleted recordings will be sent to the Recycle Bin for 90 days. After 90 days, they will be permanently deleted from the site. 

2. Restore Deleted Recordings

Please note: If a video is restored and it was in a folder that was deleted, the folder will also be restored.  

2.1.  Expand the System menu from the bottom left corner of your Panopto site. Then, select Recycle Bin (Fig. 3).

System menu, expanded. On it, "Recycle Bin" is highlighted by a red box. Figure 3




2.2.  Your deleted content will appear in the Recycle Bin. Hover over the recording and select the Restore button (Fig. 4).

Video in the Recycle Bin. The button "Restore" is highlighted by a red box. Figure 4


2.3. The recording will be restored to the folder from which it was deleted. 

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