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where is trash or recycle bin

Asked by jeliteng

dear david...

I want to know if I have deleted a file, where do the file go to..? in another word, in which part the location of trash or recycle bin.....? or if a file has been deleted, it didn't go to trash and fully vanished...?

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Lee Glidewell (lee-glidewell) said : 		#1

By default, the trash bin is an empty directory, so there are no "parts" for it to go into. By default, Nautilus will send files to the trash instead of actually deleting them, giving you the chance to dredge them back up in case you made a mistake.

The one case in which it could be difficult to find is if you "deleted" the file with root permissions. In this case, it would be in the root user's trash directory.

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