See what the Recycle Bin holds
That deleting is a waiting room, and how to get something back.
Deleting moves a file to the Recycle Bin — Trash, on a Mac. It sits there, whole, until the Recycle Bin is emptied.
Something deleted by mistake this morning is almost certainly still there this afternoon.
Key points
- Deleting moves a file to the Recycle Bin; it is not gone yet
- Restore puts it back where it came from
What to remember
- Restore returns a file to the folder it came from.
- Deleted is not gone until the Recycle Bin is emptied.
Try this
Open the Recycle Bin or Trash and read what is in it. Seeing that it waits is the point.
Practice: See what the Recycle Bin holds. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.