This OT developed Recycle bin functionality is not handy. In case you enable 'Recycle and Restore permissions' you also enable delete permissions and user can still delete items just like that. Deleted items are not automatically moved to this new Recycle bin folder, so this new functionality does not prevent users to delete items accidentally. Personally I would say that it is more or less useless feature to take in use, can you please provide an option to disable it totally? (see my ER related to this topic Provide an option to totally disable the new Recycle Bin functionality of ALM - ALM/QC Idea Exchange - OpenText ALM Quality Center (microfocus.com))

Hello,

We have implemented this functionality by workclode code. But it would be great to have this as integrated feature as part of ALM/QC.
This has been very useful for our users to save some accidentally deleted objects inside project.

Our primary is to have in Test Plan and Test Lab.

  You're right, that happens from time to time.

But by now the testdesigners are getting more careful. Our method in doing regressions tests for multiple cycles is to copy a tree with testsets and remove some old testinstances. That's much easier, than creating all testsets from scratch.

 Be careful with allowing deletion of test lab folders (eg. can they delete folders with test sets in them? delete multiple releases at the same time?). 

Also consider giving users who have delete access a more detailed confirm message (eg. "Are you sure? Deleting this folder will also delete X test sets, Y test instances, Z runs"). Once had an admin make that mistake and delete a few weeks worth of testing results.

Great idea,

we installed a workaround, so no usergroup is allowed to delete anything (except test instances and Test Lab folders) . We created a folder "!REYCLE BIN" in which evrything is moved and from time to time tdadmin-users empty these folders manually.