

Files in the trash bin still consume HD space, so unless you empty the trash bin, you’re not saving space by storing files here.įiles in the trash bin can be delete individually or all at once by right clicking the Trash Bin icon and clicking “Empty Trash”. Rather, it is a place for us to put files aside before permanently deleting them.


The Trash Bin in OS X is not your junk or deleted files’ folder like in Windo=ws. But we won’t recommend it for general users. You could get around the Trash Bin step by using a custom command. There is no way to delete things immediately without putting them in the trash bin first. On Mac OS X, files that we choose to delete go into the Trash Bin before being permanently deleted.
