Recycle Bin Permissions

Question

How do I control who can access the site collection recycle bin in 2013?

I know how to control the LINK using elements.xml, but I want to control the actual page. I want to give site owners permission to access it without adjusting the permissions on the user or group.

Answer 1

Site Owners only have access to the Recycle Bins at their site level. If they need access to the site collection recycle bin, they either need to be listed as a site owner for the collection in Central admin or listed as a site collection admin in the root site collection site settings.

If that isn't desirable, then the owner will have to notify the site collection admins if something needs to be recovered.