diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/use-key-to-get-specific-trash-item.md b/changelog/unreleased/use-key-to-get-specific-trash-item.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9be2dd2bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/use-key-to-get-specific-trash-item.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Use key to get specific trash item
+
+The activitylog and clientlog services now only fetch the specific trash item instead of getting all items in trash and filtering them on their side. This reduces the load on the storage users service because it no longer has to assemble a full trash listing.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/9879
diff --git a/services/activitylog/pkg/service/response.go b/services/activitylog/pkg/service/response.go
index 154a39668..c03dc9f16 100644
--- a/services/activitylog/pkg/service/response.go
+++ b/services/activitylog/pkg/service/response.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func WithTrashedResource(ref *provider.Reference, rid *provider.ResourceId) Acti
 
 		resp, err := gwc.ListRecycle(ctx, &provider.ListRecycleRequest{
 			Ref: ref,
+			Key: rid.GetOpaqueId(),
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/services/clientlog/pkg/service/service.go b/services/clientlog/pkg/service/service.go
index 766d6013c..849c78ce8 100644
--- a/services/clientlog/pkg/service/service.go
+++ b/services/clientlog/pkg/service/service.go
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ func processShareEvent(ctx context.Context, ref *provider.Reference, gwc gateway
 func processItemTrashedEvent(ctx context.Context, ref *provider.Reference, gwc gateway.GatewayAPIClient, initiatorid string, itemID *provider.ResourceId) ([]string, FileEvent, error) {
 	resp, err := gwc.ListRecycle(ctx, &provider.ListRecycleRequest{
 		Ref: ref,
+		Key: itemID.GetOpaqueId(),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, FileEvent{}, err
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/command/trash_bin.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/command/trash_bin.go
index dcdb07959..f641c8b60 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/command/trash_bin.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/command/trash_bin.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func restoreTrashBindItem(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 
 func listRecycle(ctx context.Context, client gateway.GatewayAPIClient, ref provider.Reference) (*provider.ListRecycleResponse, error) {
 	_retrievingErrorMsg := "trash-bin items retrieving error"
-	res, err := client.ListRecycle(ctx, &provider.ListRecycleRequest{Ref: &ref, Key: "/"})
+	res, err := client.ListRecycle(ctx, &provider.ListRecycleRequest{Ref: &ref, Key: ""})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s %w", _retrievingErrorMsg, err)
 	}