When you get rid of an item on your Mac like a file, image, or applicatoin, it goes into the Trash folder. Trash on MacOS is similar to Recycle Bin on Windows. Your items remain there until you empty ...

Most Android apps have a trash or recycle bin to store the deleted files temporarily. As such, you’ll want to empty the trash on your Android phone to reclaim your storage space. Sadly, emptying the ...

Several users have reported an issue in which files cannot be deleted from the Trash. Sometimes users may intentionally move files to the trash and then perform some operation that inadvertently ...

While various problems such as those we've previously covered can happen to the OS X trash, there are some built-in behaviors that may appear as a problem if they are activated when people do not know ...

Reader Collin Merrill would like to automate a common, but potentially risky, task on his Mac. He writes: I was just wondering if you had an Automator workflow to automatically empty the trash. I’m ...

Reader Jim Young has a trash that’s starting to stink up the place. He writes: I found that I was running out of space on my hard drive so I located some large files and tossed them in the trash. But ...

When you delete a file or directory on your Mac, it goes to the Trash without using the Option + Command + Delete keyboard shortcut. While it’s in the Trash, it remains there as long as you don’t ...