This quick and easy how-to guide will show you how to delete files that you downloaded to your Android device and no longer need.

Google Drive will start automatically deleting your trash files after 30 days, Google said this week. The new trash policy will begin Oct. 13. If users have items that have been in their trash ...

However, when you delete an email in Gmail, it doesn't disappear completely. Deleted emails are moved to the Trash folder, where they remain for 30 days before being permanently removed.

I frequently use flash drives for backup and to transfer files from one computer to another. I often want to delete one or two files from a flash drive without emptying the trash. Is there any way ...

If you want your deleted files to be really, completely, totally gone, emptying the trash isn't enough. Chris Breen provides other options.

The contents of your PC’s Recycle Bin or Mac’s Trash Can are only cleared out when you empty them. Kim Komando offers tips to permanently delete data.

Right-click the files and select the "Move to Trash" option from the context menu that appears. Click the "Delete" button when prompted to confirm that you want to delete the files.

If your Mac desktop is being filled with unnecessary files and folders, and you want to clear it up and make it more organized, you can remove them by dragging them to the trash one by one. There is ...

For those who regularly delete files only to change their minds, it's possible to enable a Trash folder to Chrome OS to serve as a way station on the road toward permanent good-bye.

So starting October 13 this year, files put in Trash will automatically be purged after 30 days, no questions asked.