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Trash and undo

Delete to the Trash, bring things back, and empty the Trash when you're sure.

Where it is

Delete · Trash in the sidebar · Ctrl+Z

What you can do

  • Delete moves what's selected to the Trash. Ctrl+Z brings it straight back.
  • Open Trash in the sidebar, right-click, and choose Restore from Trash to put things back where they came from.
  • Empty Trash… (in the Trash, or on the Trash row's right-click menu) deletes everything in it for good. Omanta asks first.
  • Shift+Delete deletes permanently, without the Trash, after asking. Preferences can add Delete Permanently to the right-click menu.
  • Undo covers new folders, renames, trashing, restoring, copies, moves, compressing and extracting. Deleting permanently and emptying the Trash can't be undone.
  • Drop files on Trash in the sidebar to trash them.

In this film

  1. Delete moves things to the Trash
  2. Ctrl+Z brings it straight back
  3. Or find it in the Trash
  4. Right-click, Restore from TrashIt goes back where it came from
  5. Empty Trash deletes for goodOmanta asks first; this can't be undone
  6. Shift+Delete skips the TrashAgain, Omanta asks first