Patent ID: 8738571

Claim:
A method for removing a file from an extended recycle bin, comprising: receiving a request to delete the file from the extended recycle bin, wherein the file has been migrated from a primary storage to a secondary storage and replaced with a stub on the primary storage, the stub is associated with at least one version of the file stored on the secondary storage; upon receiving the request, determining a prevent delete setting of the extended recycle bin; upon the determination that the prevent delete setting is enabled, deleting the stub from the extended recycle bin, and preventing deletion of the at least one version of the file from the secondary storage, wherein the at least one version of the file is stored on the secondary storage based on the content of the at least one version of the file; upon the determination that the prevent delete setting is not enabled, deleting the stub from the extended recycle bin; and deleting the at least one version of the file from the secondary storage.