Hi Andy, permanently delete these patrons = deletes from the borrowers table (all data is gone) move these patrons to the trash = moves the patron information to deleted_borrowers table. This way it can still be used for statistical purposes. But there is currently no option to undo a deletion. Hope this helps! Katrin On 04.07.19 01:09, Andy Boze wrote:

Hello, community!

If I use the "Batch patron deletion/anonymization" tool to delete patrons, I'm given three options to the question "What do you want to do for deleted patrons?"

Permanently delete these patrons Move these patrons to the trash Do not remove any patrons (test run)

I've searched the manual and can't find any information about the options. The third one is obvious, but I don't know what the differrence is between permanently delete and move to trash. I'd assume that trashed patron records could be retrieved and restored, but I see no way to do that. When I move patrons to trash, I just get a confirmation, but no additional information.

Can someone explain the difference?

https://koha-community.org/manual/18.11/en/html/tools.html#batch-patron-dele...