# "Archive" items before Deleting permanently and later allow "Restore" of archived items **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Features\ **Created:** [April 16, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/archive-items-before-deleting-permanently-and-later-allow-restore-of-archived-items/207 "2019-04-16T13:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/archive-items-before-deleting-permanently-and-later-allow-restore-of-archived-items/207/14 "2020-11-11T00:19:25Z")
> [@B\_Sp](#): > > Also, I would imagine more powerful filters have all kinds of other benefit, I’d be surprised if the team isn’t already planning some improvements at some point soon here. Yes, I do think it could be quite useful. Although the basics we have so far are already quite useful and cover many cases. > [@B\_Sp](#): > > I have thought that a workaround would be to add a Formula Field into each Entity in question, then filter on that. So like “if the state is ‘done’ and ‘modification date is over 2 weeks old’ then mark this field.” (sorry I don’t do formulas I hope that makes sense!). But again, this is an additional Field that I’d like to avoid if I can! Yes, that would indeed work! And since I think we know that they are implementing _hidden_ fields, if more sophisticated filtering does not come, or comes later, then once hidden fields are available you could use this method without cluttering things up. > [@B\_Sp](#): > > And just to follow on this point, I do not want to hide “not done” items that are stale. Those are in fact very important to see in the board so we can catch stuff that is “getting stale” and should be attended to. Yes, very important here as well! I hate to admit it, but some tasks do just sit there for ages (sometimes by design, other times… 😆) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.fibery.io/t/archive-items-before-deleting-permanently-and-later-allow-restore-of-archived-items/207)._