Backup file created when deleting multiple books from library??

MrJamesEMcBride · 08-07-2024, 02:11 PM

A long while back, while deleting books from my library that seemed to be duplicates, it seemed that if I deleted a lot of books at once, a file was being created that seemed to be a way to undo the deletion if I needed to. I think the word 'delete' was in the filename, but I cannot remember. I thought I remembered those files being created in the root folder of the drive containing the Calibre library, but I am not sure of that.

The reason that I am asking about this is that just recently I was deleting dupes again and I am NOT seeing those files that I remember being created before, and I am wondering why.

Does Calibre have a setting somewhere that would cause something like that to happen, where it would create an "undo file" of some sort when a large number of books are deleted at once?

I am wondering if it was some kind of 3rd party tool that was doing that previously.

theducks · 08-07-2024, 02:51 PM

Restore Recently deleted is on the Delete Icon MENU

DNSB · 08-07-2024, 07:07 PM

I'm using Windows 11 for my calibre libraries. When the Restore recently deleted was first added, I copied 2500 ebooks to a new library and then deleted all but one of them. Recovering the deleted books from the .caltrash folder took about 3 minutes (Remove books => Restore recently deleted => select all books on the Books tab => Restore selected. Beat the heck of out of copying files from the Recycle Bin to a desktop folder, adding books from there and then redoing the metadata.

JSWolf · 08-07-2024, 07:23 PM

I rather like the new calibre trash. It makes restoring your mistaken eBooks very easy. I have mine set to auto-delete after 2-weeks.

ownedbycats · 08-08-2024, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I rather like the new calibre trash. It makes restoring your mistaken eBooks very easy. I have mine set to auto-delete after 2-weeks.

Also makes reverting a FanFicFare update possible (though you have to manually fix the Calibre metadata).

08-07-2024, 02:11 PM	#1
MrJamesEMcBride Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Beaver, PA Device: Samsung GalaxyTab S6 Lite	Backup file created when deleting multiple books from library?? A long while back, while deleting books from my library that seemed to be duplicates, it seemed that if I deleted a lot of books at once, a file was being created that seemed to be a way to undo the deletion if I needed to. I think the word 'delete' was in the filename, but I cannot remember. I thought I remembered those files being created in the root folder of the drive containing the Calibre library, but I am not sure of that. The reason that I am asking about this is that just recently I was deleting dupes again and I am NOT seeing those files that I remember being created before, and I am wondering why. Does Calibre have a setting somewhere that would cause something like that to happen, where it would create an "undo file" of some sort when a large number of books are deleted at once? I am wondering if it was some kind of 3rd party tool that was doing that previously.

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08-07-2024, 02:51 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,679 Karma: 58985420 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Restore Recently deleted is on the Delete Icon MENU

08-07-2024, 07:07 PM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 42,757 Karma: 163745634 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I'm using Windows 11 for my calibre libraries. When the Restore recently deleted was first added, I copied 2500 ebooks to a new library and then deleted all but one of them. Recovering the deleted books from the .caltrash folder took about 3 minutes (Remove books => Restore recently deleted => select all books on the Books tab => Restore selected. Beat the heck of out of copying files from the Recycle Bin to a desktop folder, adding books from there and then redoing the metadata.

08-07-2024, 07:23 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,050 Karma: 142517494 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I rather like the new calibre trash. It makes restoring your mistaken eBooks very easy. I have mine set to auto-delete after 2-weeks.