This tutorial assumes you are already logged in to your Joomla admin panel
Deleted articles are sent to the trash manager where you can either delete them completely or restore them
First let's see how to delete an article
1) Go to Content
2) Then click Article Manager
3) Click the checkboxes next to the articles you want to delete
4) Then click Trash
Now go to the Trash Manager
5) Click Content
6) Then Article Trash
7) To restore an article, select the box
Scroll right
8) Click Restore
9) Click Restore
10) Click OK to confirm
The restored articles have now returned to their original places but are unpublished
Let's delete the remaining article below
Scroll right
11) Click Delete
12) Click Delete again
The article has now been permanently deleted from the database and cannot be recovered
Let's see how to re-publish the article we restored earlier
13) Go to Content
14) And click Article Manager
15) Select the restored article
16) Click Publish
That's it! You now know how to use the Trash Manager in Joomla
